The Big Over Easy
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The Big Over Easy is a comic detective novel by Jasper Fforde that parodies classic nursery rhymes within a quirky, metafictional crime-story framework.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
comic detective novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Jasper Fforde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | nursery rhymes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Detective Inspector Jack Spratt
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Detective Sergeant Mary Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ Humpty Dumpty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalOrganization | Nursery Crime Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | investigation of Humpty Dumpty's death ⓘ |
| genre |
comic crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ fantasy fiction ⓘ metafiction ⓘ parody ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780340835674 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 400 pages ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Fourth Bear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending nursery-rhyme characters with police procedural structure
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metafictional humor ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Big Over Easy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parodies |
classic detective fiction tropes
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classic nursery rhymes ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first novel ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Hodder & Stoughton
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The Viking Press ⓘ
surface form:
Viking Press
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| series | Nursery Crime series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Reading, Berkshire
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United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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