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  • Published: 1 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9780345513663
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $29.99
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Jane Goes Batty

A Novel




Our favorite sharp-witted heroine returns in this sequel to the "fang-tastic" (Publishers Weekly) Jane Bites Back--a charming, wickedly funny romp that brings Jane Austen back to life...two hundred years after her death.

After two hundred years undead, Jane Austen still has bite. But will her most recent literary success be her last?
 
Life was a lot easier for Jane when she was just an unknown, undead bookstore owner in a sleepy hamlet in upstate New York. But now the world embraces her as Jane Fairfax, author of the bestselling novel Constance—and she’s having a killer time trying to keep her true identity as the Jane Austen a secret. Even the ongoing lessons in How to Be a Vampire, taught by her former lover Lord Byron, don’t seem to be helping much. Jane can barely focus on her boyfriend, Walter, while keeping him in the dark about her more sanguine tastes.

To make matters worse, Walter announces that his mother is coming for a visit—and she’s expecting Jane to be Jewish. Add in a demanding new editor, a convention of romance readers in period costume, a Hollywood camera crew following Jane’s every move, and the constant threat of a certain bloodsucking Brontë sister coming back to finish her off, and it’s enough to make even the most well-mannered heroine go batty!

  • Published: 1 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9780345513663
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

About the author

Michael Thomas Ford

Michael Thomas Ford is the author of the teen novel SUICIDE NOTES as well as several essay collections and adult novels, including JANE BITES BACK. He lives in San Francisco with his partner and their five dogs. Visit him online at www.michaelthomasford.com.

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Praise for Jane Goes Batty

Praise for Jane Bites Back:

  • "Ford approvingly cites Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but his own mashup is better integrated, more knowledgeable about Austen and considerably funnier." --Kirkus Reviews
  • "Cool, wittily acerbic." --Boston Globe
  • "Dry, deft and wickedly funny...The literary and historical references really shine." --Austenprose
  • "Ford gives us an authentic, sympathetic and witty Jane Austen as a modern-day vampire...delightful." --Romantic Times
  • "A hilarious send-up of vampire novels, the Austen industry, and one immortal author's complete inability to find a publisher--Jane would have loved it!" --Stephanie Barron, author of the Jane Austen mysteries
  • "Michael Thomas Ford has struck gold....The plot is inventive and funny, and the story progresses with the kind of light touch that compares favorably to the...Stephanie Meyer Twilight series....Consistently delights." --Bay Area Reporter
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