An inimitable blend of satire, fantasy and thriller, The Constant Rabbit is the latest dazzlingly original foray into Jasper Fforde’s ever-astonishing creative genius. About The Constant Rabbit “Reads like a crazed cross between Watership Down and Nineteen Eighty-Four.”Pages: · Jasper Fforde ‘The Constant Rabbit’ Book Review. M. ost readers will grasp the fact that this book is not going to be about Bugs Bunny. Jasper Fforde’s unique trademark of invective wit and critical observation cover politics, racism, sexism, bureaucracy and libraries. Actually the library in the village of Much Hemlock has reverted to the old card system but is still afloat despite very tight Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Constance Rabbit, more commonly known as 'Connie'. Married to Clifford Rabbit and a mature Wildstock, she is 'Off Colony', a legal standing that doesn't hold much water with the residents of Much Hemlock. A rabbit is a rabbit, after all. They breed, you know. Clifford Rabbit: Connie's third Husband, and ex-services. More usually known as 'Doc', and acutely aware that Connie may decide to look .
Jasper Fforde's most chilling and realistic book yet - Guardian. It's huge fun too, with all the inventive wordplay, impeccable worldbuilding and fiendish plotting that Fforde's "Constant Readers" have come to expect. - SFX. Fuelled by Fforde's trademark wit, imagination and brilliantly bizarre world-building. Jasper Fforde has always been out-there, although his unique writing charm has become more prominent since Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett left the room. T he main protagonists are village newcomer Constance Rabbit and long-time residents Peter Knox and his daughter Pippa. Despite cultural differences, they meet in the library and become friends. Author Jasper Fforde, whose book The Constant Rabbit is released in Australia this month. Photograph: Mari Fforde. Fri EDT. Last modified on Wed EDT.
Constance Rabbit, more commonly known as 'Connie'. Married to Clifford Rabbit and a mature Wildstock, she is 'Off Colony', a legal standing that doesn't hold much water with the residents of Much Hemlock. A rabbit is a rabbit, after all. They breed, you know. Clifford Rabbit: Connie's third Husband, and ex-services. More usually known as 'Doc', and acutely aware that Connie may decide to look elsewhere for next year's husband. Jasper Fforde's novel The Constant Rabbit is a not-so-thinly-veiled allegory of racism and xenophobia that takes place in an alternate version of the United Kingdom. The governing party in the book is the UK Anti-Rabbit Party (UKARP), led by Nigel Smethwick, who seems to be based on Nigel Farage, the former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). THE CONSTANT RABBIT. by Jasper Fforde ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 29, Rabbits, foxes, weasels, and other creatures live as humans, among humans in Fforde’s wonderfully absurd new novel. Fifty-five years ago, the Spontaneous Anthropormorphizing Event resulted in 18 rabbits, “six weasels, five guinea pigs, three foxes, a Dalmatian, a badger, nine bees and a caterpillar” inexplicably becoming, well, anthropomorphized.
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