The Big Over Easy

A Nursery Crime

A Nursery Crime

A Nursery Crime

By Jasper Fforde

By Jasper Fforde

By Jasper Fforde
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Part of A Nursery Crime Novel

Part of A Nursery Crime Novel

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    About The Big Over Easy

    Enter the world of the Nursery Crime Division in this novel from Jasper Fforde, the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series and The Constant Rabbit

    Jasper Fforde’s bestselling Thursday Next series has delighted readers of every genre with its literary derring-do and brilliant flights of fancy. In The Big Over Easy, Fforde takes a break from classic literature and tumbles into the seedy underbelly of nursery crime. Meet Inspector Jack Spratt, family man and head of the Nursery Crime Division. He’s investigating the murder of ovoid D-class nursery celebrity Humpty Dumpty, found shattered to death beneath a wall in a shabby area of town. Yes, the big egg is down, and all those brittle pieces sitting in the morgue point to foul play.

    “[Forde] knows a thing or two about leaping into new worlds. . . . It’s hard not to see what all the enthusiasm is about.” -Janet Maslin, The New York Times

    “A wonderfully readable riot.” –The Wall Street Journal

    About The Big Over Easy

    Enter the world of the Nursery Crime Division in this novel from Jasper Fforde, the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series and The Constant Rabbit

    Jasper Fforde’s bestselling Thursday Next series has delighted readers of every genre with its literary derring-do and brilliant flights of fancy. In The Big Over Easy, Fforde takes a break from classic literature and tumbles into the seedy underbelly of nursery crime. Meet Inspector Jack Spratt, family man and head of the Nursery Crime Division. He’s investigating the murder of ovoid D-class nursery celebrity Humpty Dumpty, found shattered to death beneath a wall in a shabby area of town. Yes, the big egg is down, and all those brittle pieces sitting in the morgue point to foul play.

    “[Forde] knows a thing or two about leaping into new worlds. . . . It’s hard not to see what all the enthusiasm is about.” -Janet Maslin, The New York Times

    “A wonderfully readable riot.” –The Wall Street Journal

    About The Big Over Easy

    Jasper Fforde’s bestselling Thursday Next series has delighted readers of every genre with its literary derring-do and brilliant flights of fancy. In The Big Over Easy, Fforde takes a break from classic literature and tumbles into the seedy underbelly of nursery crime. Meet Inspector Jack Spratt, family man and head of the Nursery Crime Division. He’s investigating the murder of ovoid D-class nursery celebrity Humpty Dumpty, found shattered to death beneath a wall in a shabby area of town. Yes, the big egg is down, and all those brittle pieces sitting in the morgue point to foul play.
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    Praise

    “A wonderfully readable riot . . . [A] cleverly plotted, magically overstuffed yet amazingly digestible book . . . This summer’s perfect beach read for eggheads.” —The Wall Street Journal

    “As if the Marx brothers were let loose in the children’s section of a strange bookstore.” —USA Today

    “Pythonesque . . . Like the Harry Potter and Lemony Snicket books, this one is abundantly playful without being truly geared for children. Anyone who has ever been read a nursery rhyme . . . can appreciate Mr. Fforde’s outlandish joking.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times

    About Jasper Fforde

    Jasper Fforde gave up his career in the fim industry when his novel The Eyre Affair debuted on the New York Times bestseller list in 2002. He is the author of the Thursday Next series, the Nursery Crimes series, and Shades of Grey. He lives… More about Jasper Fforde

    About Jasper Fforde

    Jasper Fforde gave up his career in the fim industry when his novel The Eyre Affair debuted on the New York Times bestseller list in 2002. He is the author of the Thursday Next series, the Nursery Crimes series, and Shades of Grey. He lives… More about Jasper Fforde

    About Jasper Fforde

    Jasper Fforde gave up his career in the fim industry when his novel The Eyre Affair debuted on the New York Times bestseller list in 2002. He is the author of the Thursday Next series, the Nursery Crimes series, and Shades of Grey. He lives… More about Jasper Fforde

    Product Details

    Paperback
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jul 25, 2006 | 400 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143037231

    Ebook
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jul 25, 2006 | 400 Pages | ISBN 9781101158302

    Audiobook Download
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Jul 21, 2005 | 701 Minutes | ISBN 9780786554270

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