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Shades of Grey

For fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett - the cult classic, full of colourful characters and brilliant twists

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Shades of Grey

By: Jasper Fforde
Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
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Hundreds of years in the future, after the Something that Happened, the world is an alarmingly different place. Life is lived according to The Rulebook and social hierarchy is determined by your perception of colour.

Eddie Russett is an above average Red who dreams of moving up the ladder by marriage to Constance Oxblood. Until he is sent to the Outer Fringes where he meets Jane - a lowly Grey with an uncontrollable temper and a desire to see him killed.

For Eddie, it's love at first sight. But his infatuation will lead him to discover that all is not as it seems in a world where everything that looks black and white is really shades of grey . . .

If George Orwell had tripped over a paint pot or Douglas Adams favoured colour swatches instead of towels . . . neither of them would have come up with anything as eccentrically brilliant as Shades of Grey.


(P)2010 ISIS Publishing Ltd©2010 Jasper Fforde Absurdist Contemporary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Funny Mind-bending Witty Thought-Provoking
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I'd given up on a previous Jasper Fforde due to appalling narration, but this was much better read, and a great story. I love the story, and it has the quirkiness of Douglas Adams without becoming parody or spiralling into nonsense. The characters are all great, and I was hooked.

Only one problem. Where's the rest of the story? It ends on a cliff-hanger, for this is part one of a trilogy. The other two? Not available as audiobooks anywhere.

If you're able to follow up this story with the hard copy of the other two books, then I'd encourage you to read them all. Unfortunately, I'm visually impaired so rely on the availability of audiobooks. Hurry up with the rest, please!

Absolutely brilliant... But where's the rest?

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Very good book, well read and one I keep coming back to. just wish Mr Fforde would write the sequel!

Brilliant, thought provoking, funny

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I put off reading this book for a while after my other half suggested it, just looked a bit off skew for me. Then she bought me the Audible copy for when I'm. Driving and wow, I'm glad that she did.

A brilliant book in a dystopian world which had me interest to begin with, the ideas, political structure and key characters, followed by the midsection and finale that keep making you second guess what you thought you had already learned.

Give it a go!

A slow burner, but not to be missed

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Would you consider the audio edition of Shades of Grey to be better than the print version?

Better... no. But it is still very good.

What did you like best about this story?

The depth with which the story is told, this is a book that can always be re-read / re-listened to.

One of the best fiction books ever written

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Quirky and odd as if to be expected from this Fforde. Don't know how I managed to miss reading it before.

loved this

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