“Jasper Fforde's 'The Big Over Easy' is a funny, satirical, pun filled, 'whodunnit' spoof about a well-known nursery crime; in this case the murder of Humpty Dumpty.

One example, and not a plot spoiler: In Fforde's topsy-turvy world the three little pigs are the vengeful killers of Mr. Wolff. But a stacked jury of pigs lets the three pigs go free. Where is justice?

It was the perfect antidote to the more serious books I usually read. Excellent! I couldn't put it down. It has...”

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