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The Big Over Easy

(Nursery Crime Adventures 1)

By Jasper Fforde

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| Paperback | 9780340897102

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Just when you thought he'd stretched his astonishing imagination to the limit, Jasper Fforde does it again with this dazzling new series.

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The Big Over Easy

Shotsmag Reviews - The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde The Big Over Easy is the first in a new series by the famed author of the renowned Thursday Next series. Not content with writing about literary figures that live out there lives offstage, Fforde ... (read full critics)

shotsmag published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

The Big Over Easy By Jasper Fforde

After four books in the Thursday Next series, Jasper Fforde has turned his unique imagination to the inspired joining of familiar nursery rhymes and modern detective novels. Those who remember the first and are familiar with the second will derive th ... (read full critics)

bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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So Much Fun!

This is the first book by Jasper Fford that I've ever read, although I've had many of his books on my "to read" list for a while. In any case, this is a very clever story. While it has all the ingredients of a good murder mystery, Fford integrates the zany element with his use of nursery rhyme chara ... (continue)

This is the first book by Jasper Fford that I've ever read, although I've had many of his books on my "to read" list for a while. In any case, this is a very clever story. While it has all the ingredients of a good murder mystery, Fford integrates the zany element with his use of nursery rhyme characters, mythological figures, and fairytale icons that partake in the story as though it's the most normal thing in the world.
I was thoroughly entertained from start to finish!
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
Suggested With: A good memory of your favorite childhood stories!

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ReadingQueen 12/17 said on Dec 3, 2008 | Add your feedback

by Jasper Fforde

So enjoyable. Plenty of suspance 'till the end. I only wish I knew more about "nursery literature" to enjoy at full all the hints.
Very clever.

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Fiore said on Aug 16, 2010 | Add your feedback

Now this is fun. And it has suspence too. IMHO I liked it best than the Thursday Next ones.

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Lenz said on Jan 11, 2010 | Add your feedback