{"product_id":"the-fourth-bear-isbn-9780143038924","title":"The Fourth Bear","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe question is: was there a fourth bear?Jasper Fforde is able to write diabolically. . . . Outrageous satirical agility is his stock in trade. (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike the creators of . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSouth Park\u003c\/i\u003e, Mr. Fforde uses fantasy to dissect real life. . . . He is our best thinking personÆs genre writer. (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr. Fforde manages to bombard the reader with more bizarre detail than most writers would dare to fit in their entire oeuvre, yet he does so with . . . light prose and easy, confident wit. (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cb\u003eJasper Fforde\u003c\/b\u003e spent twenty years in the film business before debuting on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list with \u003ci\u003eThe Eyre Affair, \u003c\/i\u003ethe first book in the Thursday Next series. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eEarly Riser \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Constant Rabbit;\u003c\/i\u003e the Nursery Crime Adventures series; the Shades of Grey series; and the Last Dragonslayer series, adapted for television as a movie. He lives in Wales.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304722911461,"sku":"NP9780143038924","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143038924.jpg?v=1767739412","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-fourth-bear-isbn-9780143038924","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}