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Christopher moore, much beloved scrivener and peerless literary jester, now takes on no less than the legendary bard himself with the utmost humility and respect with a twisted and insanely funny tale of a moronic monarch and his deceitful daughters, as seen through the eyes of a man wearing a codpiece and bells on his head. Three prominent venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the. Bloodsucking fiends a love story by christopher moore. If you are not a literary expert or shakespeare enthusiast fear not, moore will take even the most ignorant along for his crazed ride of gratuitous shagging, murder, spanking, maiming, treason. Fool by christopher moore overdrive rakuten overdrive. Browse christopher moores bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Fool, christopher moores most recent novel to hit the shelves, is a bawdy and perplexing tragic comedy based upon the shakespearean play king lear. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Shakespeare for squirrels shakespeare meets dashiell hammett in this wildly entertaining murder mystery from new york times bestselling author christopher moorean uproarious, hardboiled take on the bards most performed play, a midsummer nights dream, featuring pocket, the hero of fool and the serpent of. The green one is catch, a demon with a nasty habit of eating most of the people he meets. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read fool. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal 00 prologue. In christopher moores ingenious debut novel, we meet one of the most memorably mismatched pairs in the annals of literature.
For sheer laughs and lunacy it puts me in mind of lamb the gospel according to biff, mad and irreverent. Christopher moore audio books christopher moore writes satirical fiction. Dallas morning news fool the bawdy and outrageous new york times bestseller from the unstoppable christopher moore is a hilarious new take on william shakespeares king learas seen through the eyes of the foolish lieges. The main characters of this humor, fiction story are regan, pocket. Free download or read online the fool pdf epub book. Compared to moores novel, even mel brookss hilariously tasteless film blazing saddles appears a. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 311 pages and is available in hardcover format. Christopher moore, much beloved scrivener and peerless literary jester, now takes. Christopher moore always makes me laugh, and this is a gem. The green one is catch, a demon with a nasty habit of eating most of. Christian science monitor in truth, fool is exuberantly, tirelessly, brazenly profane, vulgar, crude, sexist, blasphemous and obscene. The goodlooking one is onehundredyearold exseminarian and roads scholar travis ohearn.
Christopher moore audio books, best sellers, author bio audible. The first edition of the novel was published in february 10th 2009, and was written by christopher moore. Verily speaks christopher moore, much beloved scrivener and peerless literary jester, who hath writteneth much that is of grand wit and bellybusting mirth, including such laurelled bestsellers of the times of olde newe yorke as lamb, a dirty job, and you suck no offense. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Besides lear, i recognized several other direct or indirect references and moore himself, in an epilogical aside said he had blended over a dozen plays into the narrative. Thus begins fool by christopher moore, a parody of king lear by william shakespeare but also really a comic tribute to all of the bards work.
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