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

Jasper Fforde

Oct 2010 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

'No summaries can do justice to the sheer inventiveness, wit, complexity, erudition, unexpectedness and originality' The Times

Hundreds of years in the future, 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.

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Ratings and reviews

I found myself enjoying this book pretty much, it even made me laugh at the times. It's clever and well written. It may not be that best book I've read but easily top 3.

Probably the best book I've ever read - I've recommended it to some people who also don't usually like Fforde's style and have converted all of them.

I've been a fan of Jasper Fforde from The Eyre Affair but this was the best book of his I have read. 50 pages from the end and nothing else will matter but the book. You have to read this. So many similarities with modern society.

About the author

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, the Last Dragonslayer series, adapted for television by Sky, and The Constant Rabbit, also a Number One bestseller.

Fforde lives and works in his adopted nation of Wales.

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