{"product_id":"the-eyre-affair-9780142001806","title":"The Eyre Affair","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - The first novel in the renowned Thursday Next series, which \"combines elements of Monty Python, Harry Potter, Stephen Hawking, and \u003ci\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A literary wonderland [that] recalls Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series [and] the works of Lewis Carroll.\"--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Thursday Next, \"part Bridget Jones, part Nancy Drew, and part Dirty Harry\" (Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), a literary detective without equal, fear, or boyfriend--and welcome to a surreal version of Great Britain, circa 1985, where time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wadsworth poem, militant Baconians heckle performances of \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday, renowned Special Operative in literary detection, until someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Jane Eyre is plucked from the pages of Bront?'s novel, Thursday must track down the villain and enter a novel herself to avert a heinous act of literary homicide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss any of Jasper Fforde's delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE EYRE AFFAIR - LOST IN A GOOD BOOK - THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS - SOMETHING ROTTEN - FIRST AMONG SEQUELS - ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING - THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of THE CHRONICLES OF KAZAM series, including \u003ci\u003eThe Last Dragonslayer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJasper Fforde traded a varied career in the film industry for staring vacantly out of the window and arranging words on a page. He lives and writes in Wales. The Eyre Affair was his first novel in the bestselling series of Thursday Next series novels, which includes \u003ci\u003eLost in a Good Book\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Well of Lost Plots\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSomething Rotten\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFirst Among Sequels\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne of Our Thursdays is Missing\u003c\/i\u003e, and the upcoming \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Died A Lot\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Over Easy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth Bear\u003c\/i\u003e of the Nursery Crime series, and \u003ci\u003eShades of Grey\u003c\/i\u003e. More recently Fforde's work includes \u003ci\u003eThe Last Dragonslayer, The Chronicles of Kazam \u003c\/i\u003eseries. Visit jasperfforde.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599457554706,"sku":"9780142001806","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c8e8153e-707d-4520-8960-47f9ae883e51.jpg?v=1732200748","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-eyre-affair-9780142001806","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}