Jasper Fforde

Last week the hiburnal elks had their antlers trimmed and six of the eighty-nine cow-mammoths had their coats brushed. And inside the house "continued Ichabod, "the raisins were all picked of out the muesli, Gretl's 'The king and I' album was stolen and I found all the books on my shelves reordered."
"Alphabetically ?" asked Lloyd.
"No - by merit."
"Ah"
None but the Wintervolk would be so eccentrically daring.