
First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)
First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5) is a 2007 time-travel fiction novel by Jasper Fforde. Much of the action takes place in Great Britain. Characters include Thursday Next. Readers will find themes of Thursday Next, women detectives, books and reading and time travel.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, and 15 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 16 editions.
It runs to roughly 416 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.
About First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)
Literary sleuth Thursday Next is out to save literature in the fifth installment of Jasper Fforde's wildly popular seriesBeloved for his prodigious imagination, his satirical gifts, his literate humor, and sheer silliness, Jasper Fforde has delighted book lovers since Thursday Next first appeared in The Eyre Affair, a genre send-up hailed as an instant classic. Since the no-nonsense literary detective from Swindon made her debut, literature has never been quite the same. Neither have nursery rhymes, for that matter. With two successful books of the Nursery Crime series under his belt, Fforde takes up once again the brilliant adventures of his signature creation in the highly anticipated fifth installment of the Thursday Next series. And it's better than ever.It's been fourteen years since Thursday pegged out at the 1988 SuperHoop, and Friday is now a difficult sixteen year old. However, Thursday's got bigger problems. Sherlock Holmes is killed at the Rheinback Falls and his series is stopped in its tracks. And before this can be corrected, Miss Marple dies suddenly in a car accident, bringing her series to a close as well. When Thursday receives a death threat clearly intended for her written self, she realizes what's going on—there is a serial killer on the loose in the Bookworld. And that's not all—The Goliath Corporation is trying to deregulate book travel.
Quick answers
Who wrote First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)?
First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5) was written by Jasper Fforde and first published in 2007.
What genre is First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)?
It is usually shelved as Time Travel.
How long is First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)?
The median edition has 416 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)?
Readers who like it often enjoy A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Rubinrot and Smaragdgrün.
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