Thursday Next book 4 finds Thursday back in the real world, hoping her husband finally re-actualizes. However, the England she's returning to is not the one she left behind: uber-corporation Goliath is attempting to become a religion, a fictional character masquerading as a real person is in charge of the increasingly autocratic government, all eyes are on the playoffs for the ultraviolent croquet match SuperHoop (which Swindon is destined to win, thanks to a 13th-Century saint's prophecy), and there's a current of anti-Danish sentiment swirling through the country — which complicates Thursday's plan of bringing Hamlet out into the real world to avoid some pro-Ophelia activists in his play. Again, in typical Fforde fashion, these crazy elements are pulled together into a cohesive, funny, and fun novel.
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