The Big Over Easy (2005)
book 1 in Nursery Crimes series
by Jasper Fforde

17 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Jack Sprat (lead character)  Detective Inspector Jack Spratt is the "Jack Sprat" of nursery rhyme.		[could eat no fat; his wife could eat no lean]	Felix Kyngston	14
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary (Mary) (details)  Mary, Mary is a detective sergeant from Basingstoke.		[gardener]	Mary Cooper	21
Gingerbread Man	N.A.	[giant gingerbread cookie monster]		3
Prometheus	Greco-Roman deity	Titans of Olympus [allegedly taught man how to make and use fire]		5
Practical Pig	anthropomorphic animal	pig; Three Little Pigs	, etc.	582
Fiddler Pig	anthropomorphic animal	pig; Three Little Pigs	, etc.	575
Fifer Pig	anthropomorphic animal	pig; Three Little Pigs	, etc.	570
Humpty Dumpty	sentient inanimate	[egg from nursery rhyme; sat on a wall, had a great fall...]	Macmillan	40
the butcher (details)  Constable Baker is part of the Nursery Crime Division. He, Jack Spratt's former sergeant Alan Butcher and Gretel were used to make Butcher, Baker and Gretel Kandlstyck-Maeker (three men in a tub).		three men in a tub	John Ebers and Co.; William Blackwood	6
the baker (details)  Constable Baker is part of the Nursery Crime Division. He, Jack Spratt's former sergeant Alan Butcher and Gretel were used to make Butcher, Baker and Gretel Kandlstyck-Maeker (three men in a tub).		three men in a tub	John Ebers and Co.; William Blackwood	6
Wee Willie Winkie		[from nursery rhyme; has become a personification of sleep]	David Robertson	14
Old Mother Hubbard (Mrs. Hubbard) (details)  Mrs.Hubbard: The owner of the boarding house where Humpty Dumpty lived.		[dog owner; very poor; her cupboard was bare]	J. Harris	17
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son (Tom) (details)  Tom Thomm, son of a local flautist		[stole a pig]	American Mutoscope & Biograph; Terrytoons	8
Gretel (details)  Gretel Kandlestyck-Maeker: Sister of Hansel and forensic scientist to the Nursery crime Division.		[1st app: Children's and Household Tales (1812)]	Realschulbuchhandlung	119
Jack (mentioned)  jack Spratt's character includes elements of Jack the Giant-Killer. Jack is most famous for giant-killing.		[beanstalk-growing giant-killer of fairy tales]	Benjamin Tabart	15
the candlestick-maker (mentioned)  Constable Baker is part of the Nursery Crime Division. He, Jack Spratt's former sergeant Alan Butcher and Gretel were used to make Butcher, Baker and Gretel Kandlstyck-Maeker (three men in a tub).		three men in a tub	John Ebers and Co.; William Blackwood	6
Jull Sprat (mentioned)  Jack Spratt's first wife is mentioned, but not a character. Jack's first wife could only eat fat and soon died.		[could eat no lean; her husband could eat no fat]	Felix Kyngston	3

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