{"product_id":"the-fourth-bear-paperback","title":"The Fourth Bear - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJasper Fforde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - Enter the seedy underbelly of nursery crime, where characters are never as they seem, in this \"brilliantly, breathlessly odd\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e) novel from the renowned author of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Over Easy \u003c\/i\u003eand the Thursday Next series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Like the best novels of Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett, Fforde goes beyond his genre.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jasper Fforde is able to write diabolically. . . . Outrageous satirical agility is his stock in trade.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetective Jack Spratt and Sergeant Mary Mary long to collar the Gingerbreadman--psychopath, sadist, criminal genius, cookie--who's at large in Reading. Instead, they're demoted to searching for missing journalist Henrietta \"Goldy\" Hatchett. The last witnesses to see her alive were the reclusive three bears, and Jack thinks something's odd about their story. How could that porridge be too hot, too cold, \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003ejust right if it was poured at the same time? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe question is: was there a fourth bear?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJasper Fforde\u003c\/b\u003e traded a varied career in the film industry for staring vacantly out of the window and arranging words on a page. He lives and writes in Wales. The \u003ci\u003eEyre Affair\u003c\/i\u003e was his first novel in the bestselling \"Thursday Next\" series. He is also the author of the \"Nursery Crime\" series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 7.74 x 5.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724681154623,"sku":"9780143038924","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/20fa993385cc997f9c717df1b96245a4.webp?v=1765103533","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-fourth-bear-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}