The Magical Fruit
- Published
- 1 January 2012
- Pages
- 314
- ISBN-13
- 9781442493438
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Magical Fruit -- released in the US as The Great Gold Robbery -- centers on a gold heist, published in 2012 at 314 pages as the fourth entry in Jo Nesbø's fart-powder series.
Key facts about The Magical Fruit
Jo Nesbø wrote The Magical Fruit, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2012. The book has 314 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781442493438 to find the main one.
The Magical Fruit is book 4 of 5 in the Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder series. The series has 5 published books. However, the series starts with Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder (2007).
Additionally, Jo Nesbø writes Harry Hole as a separate series. Those series sit on our thriller and middle-grade comedy shelves. Meanwhile, Kill Shot is the latest published Jo Nesbø book on file, from 5 November 2026.
About Jo Nesbø
Jo Nesbø is a Norwegian author who worked as a stockbroker and fronted the popular rock band Di Derre before turning to crime writing with The Bat in 1997, the first of what became the Harry Hole series. See every Jo Nesbø book in order.
Its place in Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder
The Magical Fruit is book 4 in the Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder series. It follows Who Cut the Cheese?. It is followed by Silent (but Deadly) Night. See the full Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder reading order.
Long before Wolf Hour and alongside the Harry Hole novels, Jo Nesbø wrote a five-book middle-grade series built entirely around a scientifically improbable premise: eccentric inventor Doctor Victor Proctor's fart powder, a concoction so precisely engineered it can be tuned for volume, duration, even distinct musical notes. In Oslo, lonely, red-haired Nilly and his new best friend Lisa team up with Doctor Proctor for adventures that use the powder as both slapstick engine and genuine plot device — propelling…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781442493438
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781442493421