The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Intelligent, witty, funny as hell, with a touch of more serious themes (eg, the influence of a corporation on a nation), I liked this book a great deal. It straddled the line between mystery, literature, humor, and science fiction. Readers will probably want some basic literary knowledge; otherwise, jokes about the door-to-door Baconians trying to convince unsuspecting homeowners that Shakespeare was not the true author of Shakespeare's works will likely fly over their heads. Those little tidbits are what I enjoyed the most about the book. Fforde creates a world in which literature and the arts are given the attention that sports and other bread and circuses (Honey Boo Boo, anyone) merit in today's world, down to the hooligans causing riots over abstract art.
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