Jacey Bedford's Journal

Lliterary references abound in a surreal mix of fantasy and parallel world happenings. Time travel, cloning and a hefty dose of literature rub shoulders in The Eyre Affair. It's 1985. Thursday Next, having fought in the (still ongoing) Crimean War, has become a literary detective in a version of Britain which takes its art and literature very seriously indeed. Acheron Hades, supervillain for the sake of it, steals the original manuscript of Martin Chuzzlewit and kills off a minor character, who then disappears from every copy of the novel in existence. That's just the start however. Having kidnapped Thursday's genius Uncle Mycroft , who has invented a way to step into books and to bring characters (and things) out of them. Acheron targets Jane Eyre - intending a despicable act of literary homicide. It's Thursday to the rescue in this seriously quirky literary caper. Audiobook ably narrated by Gabrielle Kruger.