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Shades of Grey

Shades of Grey

Paperback Published on: 06/01/2011
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Shades of Grey
Mindbending at first...
...But stick with it. Shades of Grey tells the story of Eddie Russet, resident of a future England where technology is slowly regressing and the entire so... READ MORE
David Washbrook
Shades of Grey
Fantastic
My first Jasper Fforde and oh have I been missing out. It took me a ¼ of the book to understand what I was reading (due to reading in bed) but once I had g... READ MORE
Amanda at Trafford Centre
Shades of Grey
Cannot wait for the next installment!
Explore a world of colour! Wonderful, original and a bit wacky. I respect Ffordes effort in creating this new world set in the future. He immerses us the e... READ MORE
Hannah Mulligan Ward at Woking

Synopsis

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.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • ISBN: 9780340963050
  • Number of pages: 448
  • Dimensions: 199 x 130 x 30 mm
  • Weight: 315g
  • Languages: English

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Shades of Grey
Great Fforde stuff.
This is a different type of absurdist fantasy from the Thursday Next or Nursery Crime series. It seems at times to be hinting at parody or even parable, li... READ MORE
claws
Shades of Grey
A swift immersion into a pool of wierdness
Another fantastic novel by Jasper Fforde. It takes about fifty pages to really get into the story and understand some of the strange concepts but once you'... READ MORE
Sarah Bruch
Shades of Grey
This book is amazing
Another brilliant book by Jasper Fforde! Shades of Grey is an intriguing and inspiring story with a thought provoking storyline and a suprise at every corn... READ MORE
Themissmeerkat
Shades of Grey
Amazing Weirdness!
I just loved this, another amazingly developed world from Jasper Fforde's insane imagination. I just can't until the next volume.
J Smith
Shades of Grey
you HAVE to read this!!
This is such an enjoyable book and I was pretty saddened to finish it. However, there are 2 more sequels promised. Even if you haven't read any other Jasp... READ MORE
jenbean
Shades of Grey
Sorry, but I just could not get into it.
Its well-written. Its detailed. Its hugely imaginative. Its also the only Jasper FForde book I struggled to finish. And the only JF book I have not re-rea... READ MORE
WalterOReilly
Shades of Grey
The greatest Japser Fforde book!
If you enjoyed the other books from Jasper Fforde (Nursery Crime, Thursday Next etc) you'll love this book. I've just finished reading it for the third ti... READ MORE
Honeybunpeninsula