by Jasper Fforde · Hodder & Stoughton Ltd · tapa dura · ISBN 9780340835715
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«The Fourth Bear» is the mystery and humor novel by Jasper Fforde, published by Hodder & Stoughton in hardcover (400 pages, in English).
Jack Spratt, of the Nursery Crime Division, investigates the disappearance of journalist Henrietta 'Goldy' Hatchett; the last people to see her alive were the Three Bears, in Andersen's Wood. While the psychopath Gingerbreadman is on the loose, the investigation connects global explosions, the missing nuclear scientist Angus McGuffin and a domestic enigma: porridge served at impossible temperatures.
Second installment of the Nursery Crime series, published on July 6, 2006.
For readers who enjoy mystery and humor based on the reinterpretation of classic fairy tales.
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.
