![]() ![]() ![]() The Big Over Easy is great not just because it's very funny (albeit with some excruciating puns) but also because it works properly as a whodunit." - Peter Guttridge, The Observer (.) (T)he funniest parts of The Big Over Easy are its sendups of mystery fiction protocol." - Janet Maslin, The New York Times "(T)he treat in reading him lies in realizing that there's nothing he won't try.But like the best novels of Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett, Fforde goes beyond his genre" - Paula L. ![]() " The Big Over Easy is so full of nursery rhyme references, puns and literary asides (not to mention the occasional ad and illustration) that it's hard not to laugh out loud while reading this fantastical sendup of a police procedural.(.) A real summertime treat." - Christina Hardyment, The Independent They also have more twists and turns than Christie, and are embellished with the rich detail of a Dickens or Pratchett. They have empathetic heroes and heroines who nearly make terrible mistakes and suitably dastardly villains who do. They are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted. "Fforde's books are more than an ingenious idea.Apparently written in 1993/4, The Big Over Easy was only published in 2005. ![]() General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. ![]()
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