“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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"A comedic take on Shakespeare's King Lear, Moore gives us the store through the eyes of the fool, Pocket. The traditional cast of characters is all there, plus a few notable additions: a cameo (or two) by the Wyrd Sisters of MacBeth fame, as well as a few yeomen, servers, and Pocket's apprentice fool Drool, a "Natural" fool who lives up to his namesake. Some lines are conned straight out of the play's text; others, not so much. The plot, while familiar to those who have read the play, centers around Pocket's attempts to right wrongs and cause a war, all the while trying to get himself under the skirts of any willing woman. Just as in Shakespeare, coarse language and bathroom humor abounds (although slightly more recognizable as such to a modern audience than some of the Elizabethan counterparts), so those with delicate sensibilities might want to pass this one by. Personally though, I feel this retelling would have done the Bard proud, he himself not being one to pass up a good dirty joke or three!"
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Alia (4 out of 5 stars)