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The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde - ISBN: 9780340835739
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Fairytale crime, exploding clues, and porridge gone wrong.

The Fourth Bear

Nursery Crime Adventures 2

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    400 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 2007

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Summary

The Gingerbreadman - psychopath, sadist, convicted murderer and cake/biscuit - is loose on the streets of Reading.

It isn’t Jack Spratt’s case. Despite the success of the Humpty Dumpty investigation, the well publicised failure to prevent Red Riding-Hood and her Gran being eaten once again plunges the Nursery Crime Division into controversy. Enforced non-involvement with the Gingerbreadman hunt looks to be frustrating until a chance encounter at the oddly familiar Deja-Vu Club leads t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780340835739
ISBN-10:0340835737
Author:Jasper Fforde
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder Paperback
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:1 July 2007
Weight:270g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 27mm
Series:Nursery Crime
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Critics Review

With its witty literary allusions, social satire and blurred boundaries between fiction and reality, it’s all completely mad, very funny … It also adds to Fforde’s growing reputation as one of Britain’s most inventive novelists and the thriller element keeps you guessing too. - Word

What makes Fforde a star is not his ebullient cleverness, but the elusive sympathy factor. However ridiculous his themes seem, his characters have a compelling immediacy. - Independent

It would be hard not to be won over by Fforde’s undeniable energy and the sheer, unrelenting number of gags - Daily Mail

THE FOURTH BEAR sees one of our funniest and most inventive authors at the height of his powers. The jokes come so fast that it is clear the author simply let his imagination off the leash and had a great time while writing it. You will have a great time reading it too. - Daily Express

Fforde is inventive and hugely funny. - The Times

THE FOURTH BEAR is a great choice as it has everything - humour, intrigue and cucumbers as a matter of national security … will have you wondering how you haven’t discovered Fforde before. - Anys Scoular, Observer

Praise for Jasper Fforde’s new crime series - :

Fforde’s dexterously tailored nonsense has an underlying thread of shrewd satire, and the author’s own wry, dry narration helps to compensate for the omission in this abridgement of so many of his gloriously surreal jokes. - The Times

About The Author

Jasper Fforde

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

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