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Red Side Story

The colourful and instant Sunday Times bestseller (Feb 2024) from the bestselling author of Shades of Grey

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Red Side Story

By: Jasper Fforde
Narrated by: Chris Harper, Jasper Fforde
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The long-awaited sequel to Jasper Fforde's cult bestseller Shades of Grey, set in world where social hierarchy revolves entirely around visual colour.

Imagine a world where your position in society depended on what bit of the colour spectrum you could see. This is the world inhabited by Eddie Russett (red, middle-level) and Jane Grey (monochromatic, lowest in society). Eddie and Jane must negotiate the delicate Chromatic politics of society to find out what the 'Something that Happened' actually was, how society got to be this way, and crucially, is there Somewhere Else beyond their borders - and if there is, could there be Someone Else, too, someone whose unseen hand has been guiding the fortunes and misfortunes of the nation for the past 500 years?

It's a tale of a young couple's thirst for justice and answers in an implacably rigid society, where the prisoners are also the guards, and cages of convention bind the citizens to only one way of thinking - or suffer the consequences....

(P)2024 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2024 Jasper Fforde Absurdist Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Humorous Literature & Fiction Satire Comedy Thought-Provoking
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PRAISE FOR RED SIDE STORY:
Cleverly constructed, with engaging characters and lots of good jokes, this sparkling Wizard of Oz-inspired fantasy is . . . one of the quirkiest dystopias ever imagined
The jokes are excellent, the pacing breathless and the last line a classic
Great fun and full of quirky worldbuilding detail
A fun yarn with . . . a generous dose of rollicking adventure
Fforde paints a Terry Pratchett-esque picture laced with laughter
That mischievous little monkey Jasper Fforde was on his best form yet with Red Side Story . . . It was possible to invest a little in the characters, as well as enjoying the incessant puns and Fforde's marvellously eccentric imagination
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The longest I have waited for a sequel. Fourteen years is a very long time, but Red Side Story was worth the wait.

FForde is a master and this series of books is truly masterful, unique, and increasingly enjoyable.

Worth the Wait

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Awesome hope I don’t have to wait as long for the next one. Highly recommended

After a 13 year wait totally worth it

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It has been such a long time since I had read Shades of Grey, that I had to re-read it to remind myself of details. But Red Side Story was definitely worth the wait. It picks up from the end of the previous book, introduces some great new characters, and pulls the whole story together to a ‘proper’ end.
These two book are my favourite by this author, and I only wish those who bought The Game of Thrones to our screens would realise the potential of these.
Probably my favourite audio book.

Worth the wait

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After finishing Shades of Grey I immediately started Red Side Story and when I finished it I started them both again. I absolutely loved them even though they are not my usual genre of choice. The books are set in a dystopian future where colour vision varies from person to person and determines a place in society. I believe a third book is in the pipeline and I can't wait.

Wonderful

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I wasn’t sure what pace this book would have with regard to revealing what was actually going on but it’s done really well. I understand book 3 is expected in 2025. We’ll see if it does appear that soon but I’ll definitely be buying.

Brilliant!

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