num_pages: 385
description: Detective Thursday Next has had her fill of her responsibilities as the Bellman in Jurisfiction. Packing up her son, Friday, Thursday returns to Swindon accompanied by none other than the dithering Danish prince Hamlet. But returning to SpecOps is no snap—as outlaw fictioneer Yorrick Kaine plots for absolute power, the return of Swindon's patron saint foretells doom, and if that isn't bad enough, back in the Book World The Merry Wives of Windsor is becoming entangled with Hamlet. Can Thursday find a Shakespeare clone to stop this hostile takeover? Can she vanquish Kaine and prevent the world from plunging into war? And, most important, will she ever find reliable childcare? Find out in this totally original, action-packed romp, sure to be another escapist thrill for Jasper Fforde's legion of fans.
language: English
title: Something Rotten
titlecomplete: Something Rotten (Thursday Next, #4)
characters: Hamlet, Friday Next, Pickwick, Thursday Next, Landen Parke-Laine
genres: Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Comedy, Fantasy, Books About Books, Mystery, Time Travel, Fiction, Alternate History, Humor
ratings_count: 34740
places: United Kingdom
series: Thursday Next
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Dilys Award
publisher: Penguin Books