false 2113260 4 <B>From the bestselling author of Thursday Next—a brilliant new novel about a world where social order and destiny are dictated by the colors you can see </B><BR><BR> Part social satire, part romance, part revolutionary thriller, <I>Shades of Grey</I> tells of a battle against overwhelming odds. In a society where the ability to see the higher end of the color spectrum denotes a better social standing, Eddie Russet belongs to the low-level House of Red and can see his own color—but no other. The sky, the grass, and everything in between are all just shades of grey, and must be colorized by artificial means.<BR><BR> Eddie’s world wasn’t always like this. There’s evidence of a never-discussed disaster and now, many years later, technology is poor, news sporadic, the notion of change abhorrent, and nighttime is terrifying: no one can see in the dark. Everyone abides by a bizarre regime of rules and regulations, a system of merits and demerits, where punishment can result in permanent expulsion.<BR><BR> Eddie, who works for the Color Control Agency, might well have lived out his rose-tinted life without a hitch. But that changes when he becomes smitten with Jane, a Grey Nightseer from the dark, unlit side of the village. She shows Eddie that all is not well with the world he thinks is just and good. Together, they engage in dangerous revolutionary talk.<BR><BR> Stunningly imaginative, very funny, tightly plotted, and with sly satirical digs at our own society, this novel is for those who loved <I>Thursday Next</I> but want to be transported somewhere equally wild, only darker; a world where the black and white of moral standpoints have been reduced to shades of grey. 2118671 book 29 12 2009 Shades of Grey: A Novel total:25|5:9|4:12|3:4|2:0|1:0| 25 105 1101 22 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 5 0 false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 12:39:10 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 03:16:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 5 0 false Sat Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 13:43:38 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 06 11:34:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 4 1 false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 30 15:06:05 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 19 09:43:26 -0800 2009
The book in a nutshell is basically about Edward Russett and his father who travel to East Carmine and what happens during thei...more...]]> 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 3 0 false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 16:41:52 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 13:21:38 -0700 2009
That being said, I did enjoy Jasper Fforde's latest release. It takes some effort to get into the world of Shades of Grey, but it is worth it. If you enjoy parallel universes, warped views of our future, and the dark side to government - i.e. Brave New World, Handma...more...]]> 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 4 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 16:01:18 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 14:59:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 4 0 false Sat Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 23 02:24:09 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 05 03:46:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 5 0 false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 14:56:13 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 30 18:08:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 4 0 false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 05:53:01 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 17:39:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 30 18:02:51 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 18:06:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 5 0 false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 16:46:04 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 06:56:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 4 0 false Sun Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 20:51:20 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 20:53:12 -0800 2009 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 0 0 false Fri May 29 11:16:41 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 11:18:35 -0700 2009 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 0 0 false Mon Nov 02 21:53:20 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 21:53:44 -0800 2009 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 0 0 false Fri Sep 11 09:20:09 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 09:21:06 -0700 2009 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 0 0 false Wed Dec 31 22:28:30 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 22:28:42 -0800 2008 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 0 0 false Tue Dec 09 14:12:38 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 14:12:55 -0800 2008 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 0 0 false Wed Nov 25 17:06:17 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 12:40:34 -0800 2009 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 3 0 false Tue Nov 10 18:10:51 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 16 08:30:32 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 07:18:12 -0800 2009 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 5 0 false Sat Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 20:29:33 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 12:02:02 -0800 2009 2113260 0670019631 9780670019632 24 22 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2113260.Shades_of_Grey 0 0 false Mon Aug 17 01:51:59 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 02 03:02:47 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2246937