Jasper Fforde
Lost in a Good Book
This book is dedicated to assistants everywhere.
You make it happen for them.
They couldn’t do it without you.
Your contribution is everything.
Don’t expect the expected:
Expect the unexpected.
If you expect the expected
I expect you will remain unexpected.
1. The Adrian Lush Show
Sample viewing figures for major TV networks in England, September 1985
Network Toad
The Adrian Lush Show (Wednesday) (chat show) 16,428,316
The Adrian Lush Show (Monday) (chat show) 16,034,921
Bonzo the Wonder Hound (canine thriller) 15,975,462
Mole TV
Name That Fruit! (answer questions for cash prizes) 15,320,340
65 Walrus Street (soap opera, episode 3352) 14,315,902
Dangerously Dysfunctional People Argue Live on
TV (chat show) 11,065,611
Owl Vision
Will Marlowe or Kit Shakespeare? (literary quiz show) 13,591,203
One More Chance to See! (reverse extinction show) 2,321,820
Goliath Cable Channel (1 to 32)
Whose Lie Is It Anyway? (corporate comedy quiz show) 428
Cots to Coffins: Goliath. All You’ll Ever Need (docuganda) 9 (disputed)
Neanderthal Network 4
Power Tool Club Live (routers and power planer edition) 9,032
Jackanory Gold (Jane Eyre edition) 7,219