Jasper Fforde does it again with a dazzling new series starring Inspector Jack Spratt, head of the Nursery Crime Division Jasper Ffordeas 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. Heas 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. BACKCOVER: aA wonderfully readable riot . . . A] cleverly plotted, magically overstuffed yet amazingly digestible book . . . This summeras perfect beach read for eggheads.a "aThe Wall Street Journal" aAs if the Marx brothers were let loose in the childrenas section of a strange bookstore.a "aUSA Today" aPythonesque . . . 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. Ffordeas outlandish joking.a aJanet Maslin, "The New York Times"
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