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Country UK Publication date 4 Nov 2010 (Hardback) Pages 280 pp Originally published 4 November 2010 Series The Chronicles of Kazam Publisher Hodder & Stoughton | 3.9/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print Hardback ISBN 978-1-4447-0717-5 Genre Fantasy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Followed by The Song of the Quarkbeast Similar The Song of the Quarkbeast, The Eye of Zoltar, The Eyre Affair, The Woman Who Died, One of Our Thursdays is Missing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The last dragonslayer by jasper fforde book trailer
The Last Dragonslayer is a fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde. It is set in an alternate world in which magic is real, but has become weakened and is also being replaced by modern technology. The setting is almost like modern Britain, except that it is split into a number of small states.
Contents
Jasper fforde talks about the last dragonslayer and visits hereford where the book is set
Synopsis
The story begins with 15-year-old Jennifer Strange, who is filling in for the missing manager, Mr. Zambini, for an employment agency for magicians called Kazam. There are prophecies that the last dragon will soon die, meaning that the dragon's territory is up for grabs. Trying to find the truth of the matter, she finds the official Dragonslayer and is pushed into becoming his apprentice. And from there it gets worse. The Dragonslayer dies and she becomes the last one.
Context
The style is similar to his Thursday Next and Nursery Crimes series, but the assumptions and world-rules are very different. Unlike other Jasper Fforde novels, there are no obvious references to specific works of fiction, even though many standard elements of fantasy are used for comic effect.
The book is described as for 'Adults' and is the first in a planned trilogy.
It is also available as an Enhanced Editions iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad application containing the audiobook synchronised to the full text.
Adaptation
The novel was adapted into a TV movie by Blueprint Pictures, and broadcast on Sky One on Christmas Day, 2016. It starred Elise Chappell as Jennifer, Andrew Buchan as Zambini and Richard E. Grant as the voice of the dragon.