The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde

The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde

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Summary

Humpty Dumpty, large egg, ex-convict and former millionaire philanthropist is found shattered beneath a wall. Detective Jack Spratt and his Sergeant Mary Mary are soon grappling with a sinister plot involving money laundering, the illegal Bearnaise sauce market, corporate politics and the cut and thrust of international chiropody.

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The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde

'It looks like he died from injuries sustained during a fall...' Bestselling author Jasper Fforde begins an effervescent new series. It's Easter in Reading - a bad time for eggs - and no one can remember the last sunny day.
This year's grown-up J K Rowling - The Sunday Times

I love itTHE BIG OVER EASY is great not just because it's very funny...but also because it works properly as a whodunit...Comic genius. - Observer

A riot of puns, in-jokes and literary allusions that Fforde carries off with aplomb - Daily Mail

'Consistently clever' - Publishers Weekly

'This is the first if best-selling Fforde's hilarious, absurd and utterly compelling new series of nursery crimes for adults.' - Daily Mirror

'Fforde offers a cascade of puns, plays on words, surrealism, satire and verbal virtuosity...Astonishing, he is funny for 400 pages' - The Times

'Fforde is a master entertainer, and a wordsmith of dexterous genius.' - The Scotsman
Jasper Fforde traded a varied career in the film industry for staring out of the window and sucking the end of a pencil. He lives and works in Wales and has a passion for aviation.
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ISBN 13 9780340835685
ISBN 10 0340835680
Title The Big Over Easy
Author Jasper Fforde
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Year published 2005-07-11
Number of pages 416
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.