A review by maiakobabe
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

4.0

The Eyre Affair is a mystery-crime-sci-fi-comedy novel for the literary nerd. It is set in England in an alternate universe version of the 1980s, in which cloning of household pets is common, time travel looked down on as wretched career choice, and literary crimes get their own whole division in the police force. Thursday Next is a veteran of the Crimean War (which has been running more than a century) and a Lit Crimes special agent- her expertise is immediately needed when a priceless Dicken's manuscript is stolen by a thief whose image does not register on film. Things quickly get strange- and also hilarious.