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A thursday next novel paperback deckle edge, february 25, 2003. Charles shaar murray, the independent overflowing with brazen joke thievery and appropriated plot devices. On his website jf says the following on chapter of book 1. Read the eyre affair a thursday next novel by jasper fforde available from rakuten kobo. He is the author of the nursery crime and thursday next series.
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