Details
Rent Something Rotten (Thursday Next Novels)
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Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: Aug 2004
Genre: Fiction - General
Retail Price: $34.99
Discs: 11
Synopsis
The popularity of Jasper Fforde's one-of-a-kind series builds with each new book. Now in the fourth installment, the resourceful literary detective Thursday Next returns to Swindon from the BookWorld accompanied by her son Friday and none other than the dithering Hamlet. But returning to SpecOps is no snap—as outlaw fictioner Yorrick Kaine plots for absolute power, the return of Swindon's patron saint foretells doom, and, if that isn't bad enough, The Merry Wives of Windsor is becoming entangled with Hamlet. Can Thursday find a Shakespeare clone to stop this hostile takeover? Can she vanquish Kaine and prevent the world from plunging into war? And will she ever find reliable child care? Find out in this totally original, action-packed romp, sure to be another escapist thrill for Jasper Fforde's legions of fans.
Reviews
This entry in Jasper Fforde's series has more of Thursday's exploits as well as the literary in-jokes that can be expected. In addition to the usual action-packed yet intellectual and metaphorical ideas found in a common Thursday book, the element of time travel and inter-world travel introduced in previous installments is used with even more confusing yet exciting implications. The unpredictability of the plot but thorough enjoyability of the writing and characters make this a must read. Although this is part of the Thursday Next series, it is also possible to read it as a stand-alone novel although reading the series in order makes you appreciate more of the references towards past events.
If you liked the other Thursday Next books, you'll probably like this one too. Includes all the character and plot twists you'd expect...