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Shades of Grey 

Shades of Grey (2009)
(The first book in the Shades of Grey series)
A novel by Jasper Fforde

 
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

Part social satire, part romance, part revolutionary thriller, Shades of Grey 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.

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.

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.

Stunningly imaginative, very funny, tightly plotted, and with sly satirical digs at our own society, this novel is for those who loved Thursday Next 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.

 
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Hardback Editions

November 2010 : Hardback
Title: Shades Of Grey (Large Print Book)
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 1408488264 / 9781408488263 (UK edition)
Publisher: AUDIOGO
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   

April 2010 : Hardback
Title: Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron (Basic)
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 1410423638 / 9781410423634 (USA edition)
Publisher: Thorndike Press
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January 2010 : Hardback
Title: Shades of Grey
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 0340963034 / 9780340963036 (UK edition)
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Availability: Amazon CA   Amazon UK   Amazon   

January 2010 : Hardback
Title: Shades of Grey Signed Edition
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 1444706896 / 9781444706895
Publisher: Hodder Hb
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2010 : Hardback
Title: Shades of Grey
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 1444704567 / 9781444704563
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   

December 2009 : Hardback
Title: Shades of Grey A Novel
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 0670019631 / 9780670019632 (USA, AU, or UK edition)
Publisher: Viking Books
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Paperback Editions

June 2011 : Paperback
Title: Shades of Grey (Flipback)
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 1444730037 / 9781444730036
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   

June 2011 : Paperback
Title: Shades Of Grey (Large Print Book)
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 1408488272 / 9781408488270 (UK edition)
Publisher: AUDIOGO
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   

March 2011 : Paperback
Title: Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 0143118587 / 9780143118589 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Books
Availability: Amazon   Amazon CA   Amazon UK   

January 2011 : Paperback
Title: Shades of Grey
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 0340963050 / 9780340963050 (UK edition)
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Availability: Amazon CA   Amazon UK   Amazon   

September 2010 : Paperback
Title: Shades of Grey: I: The Road to High Saffron
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 0340963069 / 9780340963067 (UK edition)
Publisher: Hodder Ome
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December 2009 : Paperback
Title: Shades of Grey
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 0340963042 / 9780340963043 (UK edition)
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Availability: Amazon CA   Amazon UK   

2009 : Paperback
Title: Shades of Grey: A Novel
Author(s)::
ISBN: 1616646195 / 9781616646196 (USA edition)
Publisher:
Availability: Amazon   

Audio Editions

August 2010 : Audio Cassette
Title: Shades of Grey
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 144500562X / 9781445005621
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
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August 2010 : Audio CD
Title: Shades of Grey
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 1445005638 / 9781445005638
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
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December 2009 : Audio CD
Title: Shades of Grey
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 0143143263 / 9780143143260 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks
Availability: Amazon CA   Amazon   Amazon UK   

Kindle Editions

October 2010 : Kindle edition
Title: Shades of Grey
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: B003M5IAI4
Publisher: Hodder
Availability: Amazon UK   

November 2009 : Kindle edition
Title: Shades of Grey: A Novel
Author(s):: Jasper Fforde
ISBN: B002UXRF6M
Publisher: Penguin Books
Availability: Amazon   

 


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