The Eyre Affair
Author:  Jasper Fforde
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publish Date: 2001
Pages: 374
ISBN No.: 978-0-14-200180-6
Genre: Fantasy
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Reader’s Annotation:
The Eyre Affair tells the story of Thursday Next, a police officer in an alternate universe where literary works are held in far more powerful views than are in ours.
Summary:
It is 1985 in Britain and we learn that  time travel is business as usual, people are cloned as a matter of routine, pets are the dodos and literature is serious business. England is a virtual police state where everyone is emerged in fine literature of one sort or another.  Business to Thursday, Special Operative in literary detection,  is nothing other than ordinary even as someone is kidnapped from the pages of a Charlotte Brontel novel for she becomes the go to person to solve these sorts of crimes. But this time she faces the most challenging event of her career.
Evaluation: 
Unfortunately, I would not ordinarily read this book and therefore I do not think that I can evaluate it fairly. 
Why I Would Include It: 
I would not include it for it did not make sense to me.  It was confusing and was erratic.  It would seem there should be other fantasy books that would be better reads.  Furthermore, I think this book would only appeal to a particular reader i.e. fantasy and/or science fiction.
Rating: 1