num_pages: 381
description: Protecting the world's greatest literature — not to mention keeping up with Miss Havisham — is tiring work for an expectant mother. And Thursday can definitely use a respite. So what better hideaway than inside the unread and unreadable "Caversham Heights", a cliche-ridden pulp mystery in the hidden depths of the Well of Lost Plots, where all unpublished books reside? But peace and quiet remain elusive for Thursday, who soon discovers that the Well itself is a veritable linguistic free-for-all, where grammasites run rampant, plot devices are hawked on the black market, and lousy books — like "Caversham Heights"— are scrapped for salvage. To top it off, a murderer is stalking Jurisfiction personnel and nobody is safe — least of all Thursday.
language: English
title: The Well of Lost Plots
titlecomplete: The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)
characters: Commander Trafford Bradshaw, Pickwick, Acheron Hades, The Minotaur, Akrid Snell, David "Pinky" Perkins, Emperor Zhark, Thursday Next, Landen Parke-Laine, Granny Next, Miss Havisham, Aornis Hades
genres: Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Comedy, Fantasy, Books About Books, Mystery, Time Travel, Fiction, Alternate History, Humor
ratings_count: 40333
places: United Kingdom
series: Thursday Next
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
category: Comic Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books