“The Constant Rabbit” by Jasper Fforde (2020)

“Still on the Westerns, Baroness Thatcher?”

The world stops when a new Jasper Fforde book comes out – or at least it should. Why he isn’t talking about with the regularity and reverence of the likes of Hilary Mantel, Ian McEwan and Margaret Atwood is beyond me. Anyway, while it’s unfortunately not a continuation of a previous book, a new standalone is nevertheless nothing to sniff at. Especially when he’s gone hard for small-minded England.

In 1965, an Anthropomorphising Event occured in Britain...