by Jasper Fforde · Hodder Paperback · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340897102
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«The Big Over Easy» is the mystery and humor novel by Jasper Fforde, published by Hodder Paperback in paperback (416 pages, in English).
Detective Inspector Jack Spratt and his sergeant Mary Mary investigate the death of Humpty Dumpty, found smashed beside a wall in Reading. All evidence points to his ex-wife, who has shot herself, but the investigation uncovers a money-laundering plot and the illegal market for béarnaise sauce, with humor and nods to nursery rhymes.
First installment of the Nursery Crime series. The edition was published in 2006. The novel was nominated for the Lefty Award in 2006.
For readers looking for a mystery with absurd humor and many references to classic nursery rhymes.
Jasper Fforde is an English novelist whose first novel, The Eyre Affair, was published in 2001. He is known mainly for his Thursday Next novels, but has also published two books in the loosely connected Nursery Crime series, two in the Shades of Grey series and four in The Last Dragonslayer series. Fforde's books abound in literary allusions and wordplay, tightly scripted plots and playfulness with the conventional, traditional genres. They usually contain elements of metafiction, parody, and fantasy.
