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Re: almost finished my first Jasper Fforde Camilla Send a noteboard - 16/03/2010 01:55:42 PM
The Eyre affair

I found it great, gonna read more.


I feel it is the best of them. The others are very funny, but they never quite reach the height of that first one.

Have you read Malcolm Pryce yet? If you like Fforde, I think you'll enjoy his Aberystwyth books.
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