Shades of Grey: For fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett - the cult classic, full of colourful characters and brilliant twists
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Shades of Grey: For fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett - the cult classic, full of colourful characters and brilliant twists
Shades of Grey: For fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett - the cult classic, full of colourful characters and brilliant twists

Shades of Grey: For fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett - the cult classic, full of colourful characters and brilliant twists

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Jasper Fforde (Author)  

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Imagine a black and white world where colour is a commodity . . . Hundreds of years in the future, after the Something that Happened, 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.
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, and the Last Dragonslayer series, adapted for television by Sky.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.
  • Contributor: Jasper Fforde
  • Imprint: Hodder Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780340963050
  • Number of Pages: 448
  • Packaged Dimensions: 130x199x30mm
  • Packaged Weight: 315
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • Release Date: 2011-01-06
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: 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, and the Last Dragonslayer series, adapted for television by Sky.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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