Just finished
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I regret waiting so long to read this, but the plot descriptions I read didn't interest me. It takes place in 1985 in an alternate England where the Crimean War is still going on, and Wales is a socialist republic. Part fantasy, part suspense, and part absurdity is the best description. Highly recommended.
I loved the Rocky Horror style audience participation at a performance of
Richard III and the Baconians who go door to door like Jehovah's Witnesses trying to convince people that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays.
