![]() In this world where high lit matters, Special Operative Thursday Next (literary detective) seeks to retrieve the stolen manuscript of Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit. Is performed with audience participation à la Rocky HorrorĪnd children swap Henry Fielding bubble-gum cards. For pennies, corner Will-Speak machines will quote Shakespeare Richard III The scene: Great Britain circa 1985, but a Great Britain where literature has a prominent place in everyday life. ![]() ![]() Surreal and hilariously funny, this alternate history, the debut novel of British author Fforde, will appeal to lovers of zany genre work (think Douglas Adams) and lovers of classic literature alike. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |