{"product_id":"9781641296687","title":"Dark Reading Matter","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eFforde, Jasper\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSoho Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/6\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill literary Special Ops agent Thursday Next find her happy ending? The outrageous, heartfelt conclusion to Jasper Fforde's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling series, which began twenty-five years ago with \u003ci\u003eThe Eyre Affair\u003c\/i\u003e, will have you, Dear Reader, laughing out loud.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSwindon-based Literary Detective Thursday Next is embarking on her eighth and final adventure, \u003ci\u003eDark Reading Matter, \u003c\/i\u003eand  she is well aware of the fact. The problem is, others are too. Old foes  and new are plotting a terrible revenge: to disrupt the narrative and  make \u003ci\u003eDark Reading Matter \u003c\/i\u003enot just unreadable but unpublishable.  Thursday can’t let that happen and needs to use all her guile and  narrative trickery to unmask the antagonists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt won’t be easy.  The Martians have broken out of their HG Wells novel and threaten both  the real world and the Bookworld. Agents from a higher reality want  unfettered access to the Dark Reading Matter, the realm where deleted  books and unrealised literary ideas end up. A Gateway to Hell has opened  up at Wantage’s Shakesmania, the nation’s second-worst Shakespeare  theme park, and the cosy world of Enid Blyton has been hijacked by Ultra  Right Wing Nationalists. With Reality Field Distortion experiments  going haywire, a partially redacted donkey, a Bookworld on the brink of  losing its imaginative energy to Big Tech and a murderous stamp  collector with Philaticide on their mind, Thursday has to navigate a  tightrope of borderline unusable narrative devices to bring the series  to a satisfactory conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s a tall order, but Thursday has several secret weapons: her own adaptability, her husband, Landen, a host of  stalwart friends and ultimately the most loyal compatriots she can call  upon—her readers.","brand":"Soho Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45554647302399,"sku":"9781641296687","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781641296687_s600x595.jpg?v=1780336072","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781641296687","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}