Jasper fforde shades of grey 2017

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Aspects that we consider normal today could very well be repugnant in the future - eating animals, for one thing, or abundant choice, or invasive surgery. The notion of Perpetulite, a sort of self-maintaining and partially living organic concrete - a sort of cross between a sea-cucumber and asphalt - was actually very important to show what had been before.

What character do you feel most attached to?

National Colour are the Chromatic elite who supply the synthetic hues available - at a price - to the citizens. I was particularly drawn to the depiction of Eddie's character due to his rather calm, but incredibly relatable nature.

The communal colour-gardens, the boast of any village, are fed by an intricate network of capillary-beds beneath the ground which are supplied from the CYM feed-pipes that crisscross the country as part of the National Colourisation Programme.

Power is decentralised with village Prefects meting out local punishment, and national collections have been dispersed - every village holds at least one Picasso, and often a Vermeer and a Chagall, too. And could we also have a few laughs and a few satirical jabs along the way?'

Social Division based on the colours that you can see?

The notion of the internet still being around - even without any simple way to view it - also appeals, and I feature small shards of computer screen (known in the book as remote viewers) that function without apparently any source of power or input device.

The sixth in my Thursday Next series, which will be titled One of our Thursdays is Missing.

There is little synthetic colour, and only a linoleum factory for income. Girl then tries to kill boy - twice - the boy can see a lot of Red, and the girl can't see any colour at all, and that's something of a problem. I was simply trying to demonstrate that what is acceptable today may not be acceptable forever - and vice-versa. In Eddie's world, health issues are dealt with by the viewing of 'healing hues'.

Perhaps it is because she is everything Constance isn't. Could we commodify colour for commerce, use it for health, abuse it for thrills and even distort its function for a system of social structure? But Jane changes all that. When he and his father relocate to the backwater village of East Carmine, his carefully cultivated plans to leverage his better-than-average red perception and marry into a powerful family are quickly upended.

But echoes of the gone-away civilisation do still linger on, such as strictly mandated politeness, compulsory dance lessons, postcodes, and tea at four o'clock sharp. The forces of tradition, habit and social inertia are very strong, so the idea of two people trying to bring down a regime designed specifically to be sustainable, with all other considerations secondary, sounded like a lot of fun indeed.

You share his excitement of discovery.

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