Red Side Story
by Jasper Fforde
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The long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Shades of Grey--in an EXCLUSIVE EDITION for North American readers, complete with a never-before-published short story
"Fforde's books are more than an ingenious idea. They are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted . . . and are embellished with the rich details of a Dickens or Pratchett." --The Independent
Welcome to Chromatacia, where life is strictly regulated by one's limited color perception. Civilization has been rebuilt after an unspoken "Something that Happened" five hundred years before. Society is now color vision-segregated, everything dictated by an individual's visual ability, and governed by the shadowy National Color in far-off Emerald City.
Twenty-year-old Eddie Russett, a Red, is about to go on trial for a murder he didn't commit, and he's pretty certain to be sent on a one-way trip to the Green Room for execution by soporific color exposure. Meanwhile, he's engaged in an illegal relationship with his co-defendant, a Green, the charismatic and unpredictable Jane Grey. Negotiating the narrow boundaries of the Rules within their society, they search for a loophole--some truth of their world that has been hidden from its hyper-policed citizens.
New York Times bestselling author Jasper Fforde returns to his fan-favorite Shades of Grey series with this wildly anticipated, laugh-out-loud funny and darkly satirical adventure about two star-crossed lovers on a quest to survive--even if it means upending their entire society in the process.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781641297134
- Binding
- Paperback
- Authors
- Jasper Fforde
- Publisher
- Soho Press
- Published Date
- March 11, 2025
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 480
- Physical Info
- 1.4 in H x 8.2 in L x 5.4 in W (0.9 lb)
This was a good follow-up to Shades of Gray. Jasper Fforde never disappoints. I am trying to be patient waiting for the final installment in the saga of Eddie and Jane and how it will end. Red Side Story was very good and I learned the names of colors I didn't know beforehand. Jasper is a smart author. If you get a chance and are a bibliophile, read his Thursday Next series. You'll want to read them and then you'll need to re-read them to laugh again!
I love how layered and thoughtful the writing is. Mr. Fforde captivates and draws me in to each of these stories so I almost feel the anxiety and wonder which part of the spectrum I would be in this world.
Terrific follow - up to Shades of Grey. I think the template was The Chrysalids, which left the reader wondering if things were really so good in the New Zealand. I expect a third book to answer questions that John Wyndham did not answer.
Read Shades of Grey then this.Both are absolutely delightful, clever, suspenseful. The characters and society are among the most unique this voracious reader has ever found . And I have so missed the leads when you are done. I’ve re-read the first three times and am on my second read of Red Side Story. Each time, more and more of this brilliantly conceived world reveals itself.
I have loved Shades of Grey for so long. I recommend it to everyone who will listen. This was a delight to read. Thank you, Jasper Fforde, for your magnificent imagination.
