{"product_id":"dark-reading-matter-signed-copy","title":"Dark Reading Matter- SIGNED COPY","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"243\"\u003eSigned Hardback | \u003cem data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"224\"\u003eDark Reading Matter\u003c\/em\u003e by Jasper Fforde\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"387\"\u003eSecure your signed copy of \u003cem data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"293\"\u003eDark Reading Matter\u003c\/em\u003e, the highly anticipated final instalment in Jasper Fforde’s beloved \u003cem data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"377\"\u003eThursday Next\u003c\/em\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"727\"\u003eIn this eighth and concluding adventure, literary detective Thursday Next faces her most complex and dangerous challenge yet, as the boundaries between fiction and reality begin to unravel. Packed with Fforde’s signature wit, imagination and genre-bending storytelling, this is a must-read finale for long-time fans and newcomers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"729\" data-end=\"862\"\u003ePublishing \u003cstrong data-start=\"740\" data-end=\"759\"\u003e15 October 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e, this signed edition is expected to be in high demand as readers look to complete their collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"864\" data-end=\"967\"\u003ePre-order now to guarantee your copy. Carefully packaged and shipped from an independent UK bookshop.\u003cbr\u003eThe final novel in the highly acclaimed and beloved Thursday Next series. Will\u003cbr\u003eThursday find her happy ending?\u003cbr\u003eSwindon-based Literary Detective Thursday Next is embarking on her eighth and final\u003cbr\u003eadventure: 'Dark Reading Matter' and she is well aware of the fact. The problem is, others\u003cbr\u003eare too. Old foes and new are plotting a terrible revenge: To disrupt the narrative and\u003cbr\u003emake Dark Reading Matter not just unreadable but unpublishable. Thursday can't let that\u003cbr\u003ehappen and needs to use all her guile and narrative trickery to unmask the antagonists\u003cbr\u003eand guide the series to a satisfactory conclusion.\u003cbr\u003eIt won't be easy. The Martians have broken out of their HG Wells novel and threaten both\u003cbr\u003ethe real world and the Bookworld. Agents from a higher reality want unfettered access to\u003cbr\u003ethe Dark Reading Matter, the realm where deleted books and unrealised literary ideas end\u003cbr\u003eup. A Gateway to Hell has opened up at Wantage's Shakesmania, the nation's second to\u003cbr\u003eworst Shakespeare theme park and the cosy world of Enid Blyton has been hi-jacked by\u003cbr\u003eUltra Right Wing Nationalists. With Reality Field Distortion experiments going haywire, a\u003cbr\u003epartially redacted donkey, a Bookworld on the brink of losing its imaginative energy to Big\u003cbr\u003eTech and a murderous stamp collector with Philaticide on their mind, Thursday has to\u003cbr\u003enavigate a tightrope of borderline unusable narrative devices to bring the series to a\u003cbr\u003esatisfactory conclusion.\u003cbr\u003eIt's a tall order, but Thursday has a secret weapon: Her own adaptability, her husband\u003cbr\u003eLanden, a host of stalwart friends and ultimately the most loyal compatriots she can call\u003cbr\u003eupon: Her readers.\u003cbr\u003e'Hugely funny and gloriously imaginative' Daily Express\u003cbr\u003e'Fans of the late Douglas Adams, or, even, Monty Python, will feel at home with Fforde'\u003cbr\u003eHerald\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archway Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56585874014594,"sku":"9781529393682-1","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/DARK-READING-MATTER.jpg?v=1776937398","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/dark-reading-matter-signed-copy","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}