{"title":"Series: A Thursday Next Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Thursday Next Novel\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers into a captivating world where imagination blurs with reality, weaving narratives that challenge conventions across diverse genres. From philosophical musings to thrilling adventures, the series offers a unique blend of wit and insight, appealing to those who appreciate stories with depth and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether exploring complex ideas in philosophy and psychology or embarking on gripping journeys within graphic novels and travel tales, these books promise an engaging experience. 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[an] immensely enjoyable, almost compulsive experience” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)—the second novel in the renowned Thursday Next series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLost in a Good Book\u003c\/i\u003e is satire, fantasy, literary criticism, thriller, whodunit, game, puzzle, joke, postmodern prank, and tilt-a-whirl.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf resourceful, fearless literary detective Thursday Next thought she could avoid the spotlight after her heroic escapades in the pages of \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, she was sorely mistaken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer adventures as a renowned Special Operative in literary detection have left Thursday Next yearning for a rest. But when the love of her life is eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath Corporation, Thursday must bite the bullet and moonlight as a Prose Resource Operative in the secret world of Jurisfiction, the police force inside the books. There she is apprenticed to Miss Havisham, the famous man-hater from Dickens’s \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e, who teaches her to book-jump like a pro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf Thursday retrieves a supposedly vanquished enemy from the pages of Poe’s “The Raven,” she thinks Goliath might return her lost love, Landen. But her latest mission is endlessly complicated. Not only are there side trips into the works of Kafka and Austen, and even Beatrix Potter’s \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Flopsy Bunnies\u003c\/i\u003e, Thursday finds herself the target of a series of potentially lethal coincidences, the authenticator of a newly discovered play by the Bard himself, and the only one who can prevent an unidentifiable pink sludge from engulfing all life on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon’t miss any of Jasper Fforde’s delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE EYRE AFFAIR • \u003ci\u003eLOST IN A GOOD BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e • THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS • SOMETHING ROTTEN • FIRST AMONG SEQUELS • ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING • THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647946244332,"sku":"9780142004036","price":59.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780142004036-lost-in-a-good-book.jpg?v=1779245967"},{"product_id":"the-well-of-lost-plots-by-jasper-fforde-9780143034353","title":"The Well of Lost Plots","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe third novel in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Thursday Next series is “great fun—especially for those with a literary turn of mind and a taste for offbeat comedy” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Delightful . . . the well of Fforde’s imagination is bottomless.”—\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Fforde creates a literary reality that is somewhere amid a triangulation of Douglas Adams, Monty Python, and Miss Marple.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith the 923rd Annual Bookworld Awards just around the corner and an unknown villain wreaking havoc in Jurisfiction, what could possibly be next for Detective Thursday Next?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProtecting the world’s greatest literature—not to mention keeping up with Miss Havisham—is tiring work for an expectant mother. And Thursday can definitely use a respite. So what better hideaway than inside the unread and unreadable \u003ci\u003eCaversham Heights\u003c\/i\u003e, a cliché-ridden pulp mystery in the hidden depths of the Well of Lost Plots, where all unpublished books reside?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut peace and quiet remain elusive for Thursday, who soon discovers that the Well itself is a veritable linguistic free-for-all, where grammasites run rampant, plot devices are hawked on the black market, and lousy books—like \u003ci\u003eCaversham Heights\u003c\/i\u003e—are scrapped for salvage. 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