Jack Spratt heads up the Nursery Crimes police division and has to solve the case of who murdered Humpty Dumpty. It might sound corny but it makes enough of a commentary on the media, politics and celebrity status that it's not all cheese
It was a bit 'parrallel universe', had a lot of satire, and many moments where you don't laugh out loud but you do go "ha" under your breath: it was a great read.
Over dinner I kept telling ever-patient hubby about it but he's not really into the whole 'it's set in our world but not really' themed books so I couldn't go overboard telling him about it.
The first Jasper Fforde book I read was The Eyre Affair, which I also loved.
Who wouldn't want to jump in and out of books and interact with the characters - as long as they you don't speak with them when they are actually in a scene: you don't want to be written into the book!
The part I always remember with a chuckle about this book is when a Japanese tourist Mrs Nakajima manages to read herself into Jayne Eyer and decides to settle down in the village where Rochester lives.
I just went to Jasper Fforde's website and it's just like reading his books. Hilarious!
.........And no, I wasn't paid by Fforde to write this....
1 comment:
I have to read The Eyre Affair..and I didn't know you were a Wodehouse fan! We love Wodehouse!
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