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Fool: A Novel
by Christopher Moore

Published: 2010-02-23
Paperback : 352 pages
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“Hilarious, always inventive, this is a book for all, especially uptight English teachers, bardolaters, and ministerial students.”
—Dallas Morning News

Fool—the bawdy and outrageous New York Times bestseller from the unstoppable Christopher Moore—is a hilarious new take on ...

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“Hilarious, always inventive, this is a book for all, especially uptight English teachers, bardolaters, and ministerial students.”
Dallas Morning News

Fool—the bawdy and outrageous New York Times bestseller from the unstoppable Christopher Moore—is a hilarious new take on William Shakespeare’s King Lear…as seen through the eyes of the foolish liege’s clownish jester, Pocket. A rousing tale of “gratuitous shagging, murder, spanking, maiming, treason, and heretofore unexplored heights of vulgarity and profanity,” Fool joins Moore’s own Lamb, Fluke, The Stupidest Angel, and You Suck! as modern masterworks of satiric wit and sublimely twisted genius, prompting Carl Hiassen to declare Christopher Moore “a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word.”

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How does the story of Lear from Pocket's viewpoint affect your opinion of Shakespeare's play?
by avanta7 (see profile) 05/21/09

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  "A Funny, Bawdy Tale"by Shelley S. (see profile) 06/01/09

If you are looking for a book that will have you chuckling throughout the story, then this is the read for you. Great characters and witty dialogue. Most of our book club enjoyed as well. Some complained... (read more)

 
  "Silly romp...but completely enjoyable."by Margo W. (see profile) 06/01/09

 
  "Skulking + skullduggery + heinous f*ckery = A Very Good Time"by Angela V. (see profile) 05/21/09

If it weren't for the f'ing French, King Lear might have had a happy ending. At least, that seems to be part of the premise behind Christopher Moore's take on this Shakespearean tragedy.



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