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Thursday Next : first among sequels : a novel

by Jasper Fforde

In this fifth instalment, literary detective Thursday Next returns to BookWorld to tackle several crises, including the death of Sherlock Holmes and missing comedy in Thomas Hardy novels, whilst captaining a ship and facing her most vicious enemy yet: herself.

Accession 33272 ISBN 0670038718 Publisher Viking
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