Shades of Grey

A Novel

Hardcover, 352 pages

English language

Published July 22, 2008 by Viking Adult.

ISBN:
978-0-670-01963-2
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OCLC Number:
180754951

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5 stars (4 reviews)

Welcome to Chromatacia, where for as long as anyone can remember society has been ruled by a Colortocracy. Social hierachy is based upon one's limited color perception. society is dominated by color. In this world, you are what you can see, and Eddie Russett, a better-than-average red perception wants to move up.

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Fforde has a fine ear for turning dialogue into giddy flights of lunacy, sometimes recalling Monty Python routines at their most absurd. This may sometimes occur at a cost to plot, but Fforde is a fine fantasist, and his flights of surreal wit only serve to heighten the monstrous amounts of pleasure he ladles out for the reader.

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  • Literary
  • Fiction / Literary
  • Fiction
  • Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction