{"product_id":"9781399746656","title":"Shades of Grey : For fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett - the cult classic, full of colourful characters and brilliant twists","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Fforde, Jasper \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 20 February 2025 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton (Hodder Paperback) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 448 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 199 x 31 | 314g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Fforde's books are more than an ingenious idea. They\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted . . . and are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  embellished with the rich details of a Dickens or Pratchett' IndependentHundreds of years in the future, after the Something\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  that Happened, the world is an alarmingly different place. Life is lived\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  according to The Rulebook and social hierarchy is determined by your\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  perception of colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Eddie Russett is an above average Red who dreams of moving up the ladder by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  marriage to Constance Oxblood. Until he is sent to the Outer Fringes where\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  he meets Jane - a lowly Grey with an uncontrollable temper and a desire to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  see him killed. For Eddie, it's love at first sight. But his infatuation will lead him to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  discover that all is not as it seems in a world where everything that looks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  black and white is really shades of grey . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  If George Orwell had tripped over a paint pot or Douglas Adams favoured\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  colour swatches instead of towels, neither of them would have come up\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  with anything as brilliant as Shades of Grey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54955336335736,"sku":"9781399746656","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781399746656_02350fa7-fa67-4dac-9bcd-c1eff7119641.jpg?v=1773925690","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781399746656","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}