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Hilarious - one of his best.
Another hilarious & fun take on something daunting by Moore.
I like the idea of King Lear as told by the fool, and there were lots of interesting and funny bits, but the sex-humor gets old, and calling the French "the f•cking French" every single time gets very very very old. Also, I have to knock a star off every time an author uses homophobic humor.
It's a pity - I met the author, and he was incredibly friendly. He'd done a lot of research for Lamb regarding the political climate of the era as well as Old Testament laws in general, and he certainly did a ...more
It's a pity - I met the author, and he was incredibly friendly. He'd done a lot of research for Lamb regarding the political climate of the era as well as Old Testament laws in general, and he certainly did a ...more
This wasn't my favorite Christopher Moore book. I debated about reading King Lear (or at least the Cliffs Notes) before reading Fool, but plunged ahead anyway on the recommendation of a friend. I found the in-and-out of Shakespeare's worlds to be a bit dizzying, and Fool was either too complicated or too simple for me to love. Some of the things that made me love Lamb were the qualities that alienated me from Fool. I know some Shakespeare, but not enough to feel in the know reading this.
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I loved this book. Loved, loved, loved it! Maybe it's because it's my first Christopher Moore novel. Or maybe because it "remakes" an old classic. But I thought it was great! Super funny. Definitely bawdy but that adds to the comedy. I can't wait to read more of his novels.
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Fool is Christopher Moore’s reworking of Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear, through the eyes of the King’s fool, Pocket. Pocket is your usual Moore narrator — more than slightly absurd and utterly charming. The story itself is chocked full of his trademark vulgarity and bawdy humor, with a bit of an antiquated twist. I thought it was a pretty decent listen, one of Moore’s better stories, and some of his phrases have made it into our real-life conversations. If there’s one thing you can always coun
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Probably my second-favorite book by Moore, following A Dirty Job . I enjoyed the creative take on the story of King Lear, and the humor that Moore injected into the story. I read somewhere that some of Pocket's humor was based on Eddie Izzard, and the narrator did a really great job with all of it.
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