a wolf angel is not a good angel

I just read a very cute book: The Eyre Affair, by Jasper FForde.[1] It’s clever, in a sort of silly literary way. It features Thursday Next — how can you not like a protagonist named Thursday? — as a sort of literary detective, in an alterna-England where literature (and art) is a very very serious business.

Except it’s not, because they have a Rocky Horror-esque production of Richard the Third. Just as the play begins, the audience yells out “When is the winter of our discontent?”

I’m reading the second one, and the library is ordering the third for me as we speak. They’re light; they’re fun; they made me feel more well-read than I am. And now I will have some toast.

[1] How do you pronounce his name?

Update: I decided he’s Welsh, so ff is pronounced f.

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