Jennifer Strange has found herself the caretaker for a bunch of magicians.  Strange lives in an alternate world to our own: magic is mainstream – though fading – and the last dragon’s land is in danger of development.  Fforde builds an unexpected version of a magical world.  He integrates magic into a version of modern life, and considers the logistics of magic as known quantity.  Readers will enjoy the use of language, clever turns of phrase, and winks to the sides of the narrative.  Fforde invents some particularly endearing characters, such as the Quarkbeast (for who wouldn’t love a razor-sharp doggish creature?), and imparts wisdom about greed and corporate development, and finding one’s place in the world.  This title has broad appeal, and will find a few passionately rabid fans as well.