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February 1st 2009
by William Morrow
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Hardcover, 336 pages
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0060590319
(isbn13: 9780060590314)
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Read in September, 2008
This is easily Moore's second best book. I will be hard pressed to list anything above Lamb, ever. The warning on the cover serves perfect justice as it announces This is a Bawdy tale... I didn't chuckle. I didn't giggle. I didn't laugh. I barked. I laughed so often, so loudly, and so suddenly, it was as though I was barking. I read it in one night and am already craving the next Christopher Moore book. Thanks Christopher!!
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Read in October, 2008
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Heather Drecommends it for: fans of British humor and Christopher Moore, Shakespeare fans with a sense of humor
Due out Feb 2009.
Moore is at it again, this time taking on Shakespeare. It follows (relative term here) the plot and characters of King Lear (including the Ghost--there's ALWAYS a bloody ghost), though Moore freely admits to generously borrowing lines from several other Shakespearian plays (to confuse the critics, supposedly). I am no Shakespearian scholar, so I was worried that perhaps I wouldn't "get" this book--but it really didn't matter. The few things that need to be expl...more
Moore is at it again, this time taking on Shakespeare. It follows (relative term here) the plot and characters of King Lear (including the Ghost--there's ALWAYS a bloody ghost), though Moore freely admits to generously borrowing lines from several other Shakespearian plays (to confuse the critics, supposedly). I am no Shakespearian scholar, so I was worried that perhaps I wouldn't "get" this book--but it really didn't matter. The few things that need to be expl...more
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Read in November, 2008
The thing I love about Christopher Moore is that he is one of the only comic novelists whose books sustain humor and momentum from beginning to end. Too often humorous novels are comprised of a one-joke punch that peters out before the ending -- not so with Chris Moore, and not so with his new book "Fool."
"Fool" is quintessential Moore; it is funny, irreverent, bawdy, silly, absurd, and somehow incredibly sweet. In this book, Moore tackles one of the most revered tragedi...more
"Fool" is quintessential Moore; it is funny, irreverent, bawdy, silly, absurd, and somehow incredibly sweet. In this book, Moore tackles one of the most revered tragedi...more
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If you are a fan of Christopher Moore you will LOVE this. It is bawdy, irreverent and completely foul mouthed. I wanted to write down the obscene language for future reference. I laughed out loud the whole way through. Oh by the way, this is King Lear as told by the Fool. Here are some of the names of the towns...Dog Snogging, Bongwater Crash and my personal favorite, Bonking Ewe on Worm's Head. Have a rollicking good time.
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Read in November, 2008
I'm in the middle of chapter three right now & thinking the title should be renamed "Spunk". Because it's based on King Lear, one of my favorite plays ever, I will stick with it, and I have to admit that the prose is wonderfully right-on for the time period-- but its brand of bawd is squicking me because it is just so very much from what seems to be a teenaged boy's POV.
Yep, I'm just gonna give up on this one. Shakespeare doesn't need any help being rowdy or dirty, and I just c...more
Yep, I'm just gonna give up on this one. Shakespeare doesn't need any help being rowdy or dirty, and I just c...more
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Read in October, 2008
Well, if you've never read King Lear (and I have not), I'm sure that having read Fool I will more readily understand it! This is a veritable stew of hilarity . . . one of those that make you snort and laugh out loud even though it's exactly what you'd expect of Christopher Moore. Pocket is the title character and his machinations among the various family and associates of his boss King Lear make for a thoroughly enjoyable reader's departure from reality. Crude language and sexual situations a...more
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Read in October, 2008
I have only read two Christopher Moore books... Lamb and Fool. Both are amazing. The great thing about Fool is that although it is a take on Shakespeare's King Lear, Moore isn't trying to make it just a retelling in a comedic way. Fool is it's own story, and it is funny, sad and amazing. I wish I hadn't finished reading it just so I could still be reading it.
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This book is bloody brilliant. I will not go into detail as I hate people that post spoilers, but I was choking with laughter. It's second to only Lamb, however it's close. Not to say the rest of C. Moores books aren't exemplary, just this one hits a certain key.
Pocket is my hero.
That is all.
Pocket is my hero.
That is all.
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Thoroughly fun, should've read Lear first but Moore says at the end it wasn't necessary. I'll choose to believe him.
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Read in November, 2008
Ah, Christopher Moore's latest insanity. Brilliant. Read it and worship him. He's a funny, funny, funny man.
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