![]() ![]() I wish I'd picked this book up directly after reading The Well of Lost Plots. Now this is legislation I can get behind.Ĥ. The new measures, part of the Criminal Narrative Improvement Bill, have been drafted to avoid investigations looking clichéd. Which brings me to another quote:Īnyone who finds a corpse while walking their dog may be fined if proposed legislation is made law, it was disclosed yesterday. I'm equally sure he definitely meant to write a satirised murder mystery and this was easily the closest I've ever read to my blog's namesake movie, Murder By Death, which in my totally biased opinion is the acme of mystery satire. I had a really hard time reading this and not drawing parallels.ģ. ![]() I'm pretty sure Fforde had no intention of writing a satire (based on what I've found on the interwebs) about the sensationalism of the free press, but this is definitely a case of current events shaping a reader's interpretation of the text. 'Well,' said Pewter, 'you know the person who always borrows books and never gives them back?'Ģ. Pewter led them through to a library filled with thousands of antiquarian books. ![]() Easily the most highly quotable book I've ever read. I have so many random thoughts about this book. ![]()
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