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Zusatztext "Moore compares favorably to Tom Robbins - crazy adventure! clever twists! feel-good philosophy - crafting a laugh-out-loud romp with Bard-worthy smarts." Informationen zum Autor Christopher Moore is the author of eighteen previous novels, including Razzmatazz , Shakespeare for Squirrels , Noir , Secondhand Souls, Sacré Bleu, Fool, and Lamb . He lives in San Francisco, California. Klappentext Verily speaks Christopher Moore, much-beloved scrivener and peerless literary jester, who hath writteneth much that is of grand wit and belly-busting mirth, including such laureled bestsellers of the Times of Olde Newe Yorke as Lamb , A Dirty Job , and You Suck: A Love Story . Now he takes on no less than the legendary Bard himself (with the utmost humility and respect) in a twisted and insanely funny tale of a moronic monarch and his deceitful daughters—a rousing story of plots, subplots, counterplots, betrayals, war, revenge, bared bosoms, unbridled lust . . . and a ghost (there's always a bloody ghost), as seen through the eyes of a man wearing a codpiece and bells on his head. Zusammenfassung “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.” ...
