Fool
A Novel
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4.6 • 199 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
“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.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Here's the Cliff Notes you wished you'd had for King Lear the mad royal, his devious daughters, rhyming ghosts and a castle full of hot intrigue in a cheeky and ribald romp that both channels and chides the Bard and "all Fate's bastards." It's 1288, and the king's fool, Pocket, and his dimwit apprentice, Drool, set out to clean up the mess Lear has made of his kingdom, his family and his fortune only to discover the truth about their own heritage. There's more murder, mayhem, mistaken identities and scene changes than you can remember, but bestselling Moore (You Suck) turns things on their head with an edgy 21st-century perspective that makes the story line as sharp, surly and slick as a game of Grand Theft Auto. Moore confesses he borrows from at least a dozen of the Bard's plays for this buffet of tragedy, comedy and medieval porn action. It's a manic, masterly mix winning, wild and something today's groundlings will applaud.
Customer Reviews
Great bawdy fun,
Intrigue, wit, and banter the Bard would be mortified by. Loosely based on King Lear…very loosely. If you’re new to Christopher Moore, this is a perfect book to start with. I love this book!Well PLAYed. Great wit and laugh out loud lines.
Outstanding fun
Great Shakespeare fun
Dark humor; Well Played
A story that kept a grin on my face from beginning to end, this story has great humor and a grand amount of shag to boot. If you’d like to try Christopher Moore’s stories, this is a great first read