Shades of Grey: For fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett - the cult classic, full of colourful characters and brilliant twists
Oct 2010 · Hachette UK
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'No summaries can do justice to the sheer inventiveness, wit, complexity, erudition, unexpectedness and originality' The Times
Hundreds of years in the future, the world is an alarmingly different place.
Life is lived according to The Rulebook and social hierarchy is determined by your perception of colour. Eddie Russett is an above average Red who dreams of moving up the ladder by marriage to Constance Oxblood. Until he is sent to the Outer Fringes where he meets Jane - a lowly Grey with an uncontrollable temper and a desire to see him killed.
For Eddie, it's love at first sight. But his infatuation will lead him to discover that all is not as it seems in a world where everything that looks black and white is really shades of grey ...
If George Orwell had tripped over a paint pot or Douglas Adams favoured colour swatches instead of towels, neither of them would have come up with anything as eccentrically brilliant as Shades of Grey.
*** COMING SOON - continue the adventures of Eddie and Jane in the eagerly awaited RED SIDE STORY -
pre-order now! ***
Hundreds of years in the future, the world is an alarmingly different place.
Life is lived according to The Rulebook and social hierarchy is determined by your perception of colour. Eddie Russett is an above average Red who dreams of moving up the ladder by marriage to Constance Oxblood. Until he is sent to the Outer Fringes where he meets Jane - a lowly Grey with an uncontrollable temper and a desire to see him killed.
For Eddie, it's love at first sight. But his infatuation will lead him to discover that all is not as it seems in a world where everything that looks black and white is really shades of grey ...
If George Orwell had tripped over a paint pot or Douglas Adams favoured colour swatches instead of towels, neither of them would have come up with anything as eccentrically brilliant as Shades of Grey.
*** COMING SOON - continue the adventures of Eddie and Jane in the eagerly awaited RED SIDE STORY -
pre-order now! ***
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4.8
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Ben Smith
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March 11, 2015
I Love this book and have been pining for the sequel ever since I read it. One downside is everyone thinks your talking about 50 shades (eurgh) lol. Cmon jasper it's been 4 1/2 years! Please :)
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Adele Viuhko
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February 22, 2015
I found myself enjoying this book pretty much, it even made me laugh at the times. It's clever and well written. It may not be that best book I've read but easily top 3.
A Google user
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December 14, 2011
This book sees a departure from world Thursday Next, but not from Fforde's unique style of story telling. Well worth the effort to read.
About the author
Jasper Fforde spent twenty years in the film business before debuting on the New York Times bestseller list with The Eyre Affair in 2001. Since then he has written another twelve novels, including the Number One Sunday Times bestseller One of our Thursdays is Missing, the Last Dragonslayer series, adapted for television by Sky, and The Constant Rabbit, also a Number One bestseller.
Fforde lives and works in his adopted nation of Wales.
Visit Jasper's website, www.jasperfforde.com, find him on Facebook, www.facebook.com/jasperffordebooks, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/jasperfforde.
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