First Among Sequels

'No summaries can do justice to the sheer inventiveness, wit, complexity, erudition, unexpectedness and originality of the works, nor to their vast repertoire of intricate word-play and puns.' -- The Times 'Fforde describes a melange of the mundane and the phantasmagorical that reads like a well edited Harry Potter; FAS is for adults who want sophisticated wit with their fantasy, but who still possess an appreciation for the intricate world-building of a well-imagined children'snovel... But the unashamedly bookish will find it satisfying: what dedicated reader would not laugh at the suggestion of a paralleluniverse in which Jude the Obscure is renowned as a comic novel?' -- New Statesman "I always experience a spasm of warmth when I see Jasper Fforde's name in the lists, or, as is currently the case, on Waterstone's '3 for 2' tables. Go, Jasper, go: I think. It's not just that the creator of Thursday Next (sleuth extraordinaire) and laureate of Swindon town ('Jewel of the M4') is the wittiest novelist around - and wit is not in over-supply in popular fiction. Jasper is the only novelist ever to acknowledge me as inspirational." -- John Sutherland, Telegraph 'A born wordsmith of effervescent imagination' -- Christina Hardyment, Independent '[Fforde's] brand of inspired lunacy truly stands on its own ... this new book completes his creation of a world of true literary comic genius' -- Sunday Express on THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS 'Don't ask, just read it. Fforde is a true original' -- Sunday Express on LOST IN A GOOD BOOK 'Ingenious -- I'll watch Jasper Fforde nervously' -- Terry Pratchett on THE EYRE AFFAIR 'Jasper Fforde's imagination is a literary volcano in full spate ... SOMETHING ROTTEN is arguably Fforde's best book yet ... Fforde has a knack of creating memorable characters whom the reader greets like long-lost friends ... Buy it; chuckles guaranteed.' -- Independent 'The pleasure in Fforde's quirkily brilliant books is that they can be enjoyed on so many levels by all ages.' -- Sydney Morning Herald