Dark Reading Matter

Cleverly constructed, with engaging characters and lots of good jokes … one of the quirkiest dystopias ever imagined * Guardian *The jokes are excellent, the pacing breathless and the last line a classic * Observer *Great fun and full of quirky worldbuilding detail * SFX *A fun yarn with … a generous dose of rollicking adventure * Reader’s Digest *Fforde paints a Terry Pratchett-esque picture laced with laughter * Daily Express *That mischievous little monkey Jasper Fforde was on his best form yet with Red Side Story … It was possible to invest a little in the characters, as well as enjoying the incessant puns and Fforde’s marvellously eccentric imagination * The Spectator *A born wordsmith of effervescent imagination * Independent *Brilliantly funny … His relentless imagination and his affection for his characters are contagious and irresistible * New York Times *True literary comic genius * Sunday Express *Forget all the rules of time, space and reality; just sit back and enjoy the adventure * Telegraph *Sheer inventiveness, wit, complexity, erudition, unexpectedness and originality * The Times *Reading a Fforde novel feels like taking off on a magic carpet, only to be picked up by another and another and taken on new flights of fantasy … you just sit back and enjoy the ride * Scotsman *A serious minded comedy * Mail on Sunday *

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 fifteen 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.