Shades of Grey: the cult classic, full of colourful characters and brilliant twists

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Jasper Fforde

Shades of Grey

the cult classic, full of colourful characters and brilliant twists

Jasper Fforde

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Hodder & Stoughton
27 May 2025

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fantasy

Series: Shades of Grey

'Fforde's books are more than an ingenious idea. They

are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted . . . and are

embellished with the rich details of a Dickens or Pratchett' Independent

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 brilliant as Shades of Grey.

By: Jasper Fforde
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 192mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9781399746656
ISBN 10: 1399746650
Series: Shades of Grey
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 27 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Jasper Fforde spent twenty years in the film business before debuting on the New York Times bestseller list with The Eyre Affair in 2001. Since then he has written another fifteen novels, including the Number One Sunday Times bestseller One of our Thursdays is Missing, and the Last Dragonslayer series, adapted for television by Sky. Fforde lives and works in his adopted nation of Wales. Visit Jasper's website, www.jasperfforde.com, find him on Facebook, www.facebook.com/jasperffordebooks, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/jasperfforde.