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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instanceOf comic detective novel
novel
author Jasper Fforde NERFINISHED
basedOn nursery rhymes
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Detective Inspector Jack Spratt NERFINISHED
Detective Sergeant Mary Mary NERFINISHED
Humpty Dumpty NERFINISHED
fictionalOrganization Nursery Crime Division NERFINISHED
follows investigation of Humpty Dumpty's death
genre comic crime fiction
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
metafictional humor
originalTitle The Big Over Easy NERFINISHED
parodies classic detective fiction tropes
classic nursery rhymes
positionInSeries first novel
publicationYear 2005
publisher Hodder & Stoughton NERFINISHED
The Viking Press
surface form: Viking Press
series Nursery Crime series NERFINISHED
setting Reading, Berkshire NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult readers

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Jasper Fforde notableWork The Big Over Easy