Jasper Fforde writes hilarious fantasies. They are very involved, complicated, and unique. They are also intelligent and literature-oriented. This is the latest book in the Thursday Next series. It isn't my favorite Thursday Next book (That honor would probably go to Lost in a Good Book or The Well of Lost Plots.), but it is very good.
Thursday was a member of SpecOps in Swindon as a literary detective. In the last book, she was seriously injured. She has been forced to retire and in this book becomes involved with the Wessex Library Services. She continues to fight against the Goliath Corporation and it's power-hungry executives. One of the criminals she caught in the past (Aornis) has escaped and can't be found. There is a smiting due soon in Swindon, and her daughter Tuesday continues to work on an Anti-Smite Defense Shield. Her son Friday has lost his purpose, since the ChronoGuard has been disbanded. The whole family is in transition and struggling.
This is a clean book, although the series does have a repeated joke that involves a questionable word choice (a Goliath executive called Jack Schitt) that continues in this book. There is also some violence.
This book is a pretty easy read, but it is a bit long. Fforde is one of very few authors who writes books that can me laugh right out loud, usually I just smile. This book is definitely worth the time!
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