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The Big Over Easy

A Nursery Crime

A Nursery Crime

A Nursery Crime

By Jasper Fforde

By Jasper Fforde

By Jasper Fforde

By Jasper Fforde

By Jasper Fforde
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By Jasper Fforde
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Part of A Nursery Crime Novel

Part of A Nursery Crime Novel

Part of A Nursery Crime Novel

Paperback $16.00

Jul 25, 2006 | ISBN 9780143037231

Ebook $4.99

Jul 25, 2006 | ISBN 9781101158302

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Jul 21, 2005 | 701 Minutes

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    About The Big Over Easy

    Enter the world of the Nursery Crime Division in this novel from the author of the Thursday Next series and Early Riser

    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 the author of the Thursday Next series and Early Riser

    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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    A Thursday Next Digital Collection: Novels 1-5
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    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

    Category: Crime Mysteries | Fairy Tales

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jul 25, 2006 | 400 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143037231

    Category: Crime Mysteries | Fairy Tales

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jul 25, 2006 | 400 Pages | ISBN 9781101158302

    Category: Crime Mysteries | Fairy Tales | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Jul 21, 2005 | 701 Minutes | ISBN 9780786554270

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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

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