'I love it. THE BIG OVER EASY is great not just because it's very funny...but also because it works properly as a whodunit...Comic genius.' -- Observer 'A riot of puns, in-jokes and literary allusions that Fforde carries off with aplomb' -- Daily Mail 'More twists and turns than Christie ... embellished with the rich details of a Dickens or Pratchett. A real treat.' -- Independent 'Jasper Fforde here mixes nursery rhymes with golden age detective fiction to produce something very accomplished indeed.' -- Guardian 'This is the of best-selling Fforde's hilarious, absurd and utterly compelling new series of nursery crimes for adults.' -- Daily Mirror 'Fforde offers a cascade of puns, plays on words, surrealism, satire and verbal virtuosity...Astonishing, he is funny for 400 pages' -- The Times 'Fforde is a master entertainer, and a wordsmith of dexterous genius.' -- The Scotsman 'The combination of fantasy and (more or less) classic murder makes a wild and enjoyable change' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Once you open this book, you'll find it very hard to put down. I've never read anything like this. And I couldn't get enough' -- Daily Ireland 'Fans of the late Douglas Adams or, even, Monty Python, will feel at home with Fforde' -- Herald 'Consistently clever' -- Publishers Weekly

Jasper Fforde traded a varied career in the film industry for staring out of the window and sucking the end of a pencil. He lives and works in Wales and has a passion for aviation.