Fool, Christopher Moore
Fool, Christopher Moore
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Fool

Author: Christopher Moore

Narrator: Euan Morton

Unabridged: 8 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/10/2009


Synopsis

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

About Christopher Moore

Christopher Moore is a literary mischief-maker, delighting readers with his signature blend of satire, absurdity, and heart. With a career spanning over three decades, he's the mind behind cult classics like Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, Practical Demonkeeping, and A Dirty Job. Moore's novels often straddle the line between the sacred and the profane, delivering laugh-out-loud moments alongside surprisingly profound insights. Hailing from Toledo, Ohio, and having dabbled in everything from rock band roadie to insurance broker, he brings a unique everyman charm to his fantastical tales. When he's not writing, Moore splits his time between exploring quirky small towns and tormenting his social media followers with puns.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on August 09, 2020

It´s possible that I don´t get many of the innuendos and connotations because of losses in translation from English to German and a lack of foreknowledge, but I definitively think that it doesn´t has to be so coarse. Don´t get me wrong, I have no problem with sweating, I do it silently in my mind on......more

Goodreads review by Will on March 02, 2022

Christopher Moore - image from Lit reactor Pocket is a diminutive Jester in the court of King Lear. Hijinks ensue. In this darkly comedic retelling, Moore has some fun with Willy the Shake and walks us through a maze of betrayal and downright cussedness in the Britain of a (thankfully) long-gone age......more

Goodreads review by Michael on March 16, 2009

Christopher Moore's re-telling of Shakespeare's tragedy of King Lear has great comic potential. It's just too bad that this novel doesn't come close to its potential. Told from the point of view of Lear's court jester, there are some genuinely amusing moments in this book. However, as I read the book......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on October 23, 2016

Moore's retelling of King Lear from the viewpoint of the Fool. Full of crass, tongue-in-check innuendo and clever wordplay - just like the real Shakespeare! I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as The Serpent of Venice. That might be because I read Fool first and I was used to the writing by the tim......more

Goodreads review by Chloe on February 23, 2009

It is little secret that I think that Christopher Moore is one of the funniest writers currently putting ink to page. Whether he's writing about playing stone the adulteress with Jesus, talking fruit bats or a schizophrenic former B-movie star who still believes that she's a warrior babe of the outl......more