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They are noted for their literary allusions, wordplay and tight plots. Its still 1985, and thursday is adjusting to married life, trying to teach her pet dodo, pickwick, to stand on one leg, and trying to avoid some of the publicity stunts the special. The series has more than one million copies and counting in. Ingenious ill watch jasper fforde nervously terry pratchett on the eyre affair jasper ffordes imagination is a literary volcano in full spate. Look for the five other bestselling thursday next novels, including one of our thursdays is missing and jasper ffordes latest bestseller, the woman who died a lot.
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