Enter a professional: the man-hating Miss Havisham from Dickens's Great Expectations. To rescue him Thursday must retrieve a supposedly vanquished enemy from the pages of 'The Raven.' But Poe is off-limits to even the most seasoned literary interloper.

The love of her life has been eradicated by Goliath, everyone's favorite corrupt multinational.

The unforgettable literary detective whom Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times calls 'part Bridget Jones, part Nancy Drew and part Dirty Harry' had another think coming. The cover shown is of the UK paperback published in June 2002 at £6.If Thursday thought she could avoid the spotlight after her heroic escapades in the pages of Jane Eyre, she was sorely mistaken. I got my copy at Crime in Store in London if you can't wait until April for the US hardcover. Note: Available from any British bookstore or indpendent that carries UK books. Be prepared for literary references, outrageous wordplay, and general insanity as you read this book. Jasper Fford is another seriously deranged Brit who has developed a parallel universe, in which it always seems to be 1985, but since the Chrono-Guard (SO 12) can travel through time, it doesn't have to be. It would be wise to read THE EYRE AFFAIR first, otherwise it will take too long to figure out what is happening. Next is told to go into DAVID COPPERFIELD where she is to be apprenticed to Miss Havisham, and chaos ensues. There is also a basement of ideas that will never work out. This is the Jurisfiction library, containing every book that has ever been written and those that will be written. She figures out how to get into a book and finds herself in a library talking to the Cheshire Cat. Schitt-Hawse has her husband eradicated, but promises Thursday that if she figures out how to jump into the book and get Jack, then Landon Parke-Laine will be restored to her. He wants his half-brother back, but Uncle Mycroft's Prose Portal has been destroyed and Thursday has no idea how to get into THE RAVEN to get Jack out. However, Brik Schitt-Hawse of The Goliath Corporation has other ideas. She is currently fulfilling PR duties for SP-27 (Literary Division of the Special Operations Network), enjoying her new marriage, and trying just to get back to work authenticating works of literature. Schitt is currently immured in Poe's RAVEN and Hades is dead, existing only in Thursday's memories. Thursday Next has become a celebrity because of her brilliant handling of the problems caused by Jack Schitt of The Goliath Corporation and Acheron Hades.

Lost in a good book by jasper fforde