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The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
Fforde has create a wonderfully genuis and original story to satisfy my geeky bibliophilic nature. Thursday Next is an agent of the British government's LiteraTecs squad, created to protect literature from debasement, changes or other crimes. In Thursday's futuristic world, parallel universes and genetic engineering are as common as flying cars. When Acheron Hades, gets his hands on a copy of Dicken's "Martin Chuzzlewit" and threatens to kill Martin, Next is brought in to outwit Hades, as he was her former college professor. Unable to determine how Hades is able to steal original copies of heavily protected books, Next and a team of LiteraTecs can only react to Hades' next moves. Eventually, though, Next figures out Hades' secret but he's moved on to bigger and better national treasures, i.e. Jane Eyre. Fortunately, Next has already created a special friendship with Rochester, due to a childhood daliance in the novel, and is able to use his help in thwarting Hades' plans to destroy the plot. Intermingled in Next's adventure is her time-travelling father, her romantic reunion with an old flame, her special dodo bird, the mischevious interference by the Goliath Corporation's top agent, and a wonderful cast of LiteraTec supporting agents. This was a hilarious, well-written, engaging and fun read sure to keep you wanting more of Next and crew.