Do you know that theres no fool piece on the chessboard, kent. Fool series book 2 christopher moore author 2014 the stupidest angel pine cove series book 3 christopher moore author tony roberts narrator 2006. Fool the bawdy and outrageous new york times bestseller from the unstoppable christopher mooreis a hilarious new take on william shakespeares king lear. Virtually every woman in this novel from the cook and the laundress to a holy anchoress and three witches demonstrates what moore calls, in one of his rare euphemisms, a generous spirit in the dark. In san francisco, the souls of the dead are mysteriously disappearingand you know that cant be goodin new york times bestselling author christopher moores delightfully funny sequel to a dirty job something really strange is happening in the city by the bay. His version of shakespeares fool, who accompanies lear on his slide from paternal arrogance to spiritual desolation in the original text, simultaneously honors and imaginatively enriches the character. The comic novelist kicks tragedy to the nunnery in fool, a monty pythonesque tale of irreverence, profanity and gratuitous sex. New york times bestselling author christopher moore channels william shakespeare and edgar allan poe in this satiric venetian gothic featuring the irresistibly mischievous pocket of dog snogging, the eponymous hero of fool venice, a really long ti. His first book, beat the reaper, was a new york times bestseller, was one of times ten best novels of 2009, and has been published in thirty.
Its the venerable tale of thcentury british king lear whos sometimes christian, sometimes pagan and the authoritarian vanity that alienates him from his three daughters, his. Christopher moores fool is a shaggydog story of rumpypumpy, a primal. Best christopher moore book rate what you think is the best christopher moore novel. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read fool. Christian science monitor in truth, fool is exuberantly, tirelessly, brazenly profane, vulgar, crude, sexist, blasphemous and obscene. In making this choice, sarah is forgoing sunlight, communication with the outside world and all stimuli, other than her anchoress rule book and the.
The following is a personality profile of christopher moore based on his work. Reading christopher moores fool is rather like watching hercules. A man of infinite jest, pocket has been lears cherished fool for years, from the time the. Christopher moore booklist christopher moore message board. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by christopher moore, a dirty job by christopher moore, fool by ch. The novel takes its premise from the plot of shakespeares play king lear.
I heave my heart into my mouth with praise for christopher moore and his book fool although i am but i bloody peasant, i have nothing but a flattering tongue befit this book. Christopher moore was at politics and prose to sign copies of his new book, fool. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. I am expecting yet another great book, as lorraine harrington capps has not led me astray so far. Christopher moores blog miscellany from the author guy. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. My new novel, shakespeare for squirrels, goes on sale may 12, 2020. Christopher moore fool booksigning, part 3 youtube. Christopher moores fool is very funny but no idiot. Josh bazell has a ba in writing from brown university and an md from columbia. Hes the fool for king lear, and christopher moores fool 2009 is a. Christopher moore was born in ohio and lived there until he was nineteen, when he moved to california. There are certainly a lot of laughs in fool which is not to say that the blood, gore, betrayal, eyegouging, stormraging and all those delightful aspects of the bards play that you know and love are missing. Christopher moores reimagining of the king lear story is closer to shakespeare on acid than shakespeare in the park.
Christopher was born on 1st january 1957 in toledo, ohio and was raised in mansfield, ohio. Fool is an adaptation of shakespeares king lear and it goes through the suspense, thrill and deception along with a truckload of humor. The pine cove books its christmas in pine cove and someone just killed santa with a shovel, but the angel has been sent to perform a christmas miracle. A veer away from the 2015 reading list for a book a friend has been after me to take in for some time. Fool a funny, ribald retelling of king lear author christopher moore read and reread shakespeares tragedy king lear, as many versions of the play as possible. In transforming king lear into a pottymouthed jape, moore is up to more than thumbing his nose at a masterpiece. Compared to moores novel, even mel brookss hilariously tasteless film blazing saddles appears a.
Posted in novels dramas etc christopher moore humorous novels king lear pocket the fool shakespeare. 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. Before publishing his first novel, practical demonkeeping, in 1992, he worked as a roofer, a grocery clerk, a hotel night auditor, and insurance broker, a waiter, a photographer, and a rock and roll dj. Our narrator and hero is pocket, king lears jester or fool. Robbing lear of its darkness ranks low on the good idea list, but moore respects the original. Moores first novel was practical demonkeeping in 1992, which was purchased by disney before it even had a publisher. For sheer madcap inventiveness, this novel verges on magic realism. Hilarious, always inventive, this is a book for all, especially uptight english teachers, bardolaters, and ministerial students.
The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal offers a similar reimagining, changing the focus from king to jester. Foolthe bawdy and outrageous new york times bestseller from the unstoppable christopher mooreis a hilarious new take on william shakespeares king learas seen through the eyes of the foolish lieges clownish jester, pocket. Christopher moore is the bestselling author of a dozen comic novels, including lamb, a retelling of the gospel story from the point of view of christs childhood pal biff, and fool, which. Hilarious, always inventive, this is a book for all, especially uptight en. Pocket is an orphan living in a convent, where he meets an anchoress a. A veer away from the 2015 reading list for a book a friend has been after. Christopher moore is the author of 15 novels, including the worldwide bestsellers lamb, you suck and a dirty job. Christopher moore is an american writer of comic and horror fantasy genre.
Christopher moores fool, a novel published in 2009, adapts the figure of the shakespearean fool to fit the novelstyle tale of. Below is the order of christopher moores novels in order of when they were originally published. Christopher moore audiobooks download instantly today. He is confident, he is hard to embarrass and is selfconfident most of the time. Or, i know why the winged whale sings by christopher moore at. While fool is atypical of moores writing, it may bring him new readers as it is not as overtly a comedy, and can therefore be seen as a more serious, mainstream novel than you suck or a dirty job and, although different from his earlier works, there is nothing in. Christopher moore is social, unpretentious and informal. But that doesnt mean there wasnt more to learn, and in the case of painting, more to see, and thus, ive created this guide. That said, moore says none of his books are in any danger of being made into a movie.
Fool fool, book 1 by christopher moore book cover, description, publication history. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. Christopher moores shakespeare mashup divertsand that. Log in or sign up for facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. Methinks this is one of the most entertaining and creative jests of all time.
A city girl with a new thirst for life but no instruction book and a boy from the midwest looking to find his fortune, and maybe a girlfriend who wont eat him. The trouble with moore is that whichever book of his ive read most recently is my absolute favorite christopher moore. Fool, by christopher moorethe final act of mr shakespeare, by. Hes the fool for king lear, and christopher moores fool 2009 is a retelling of shakespeares king lear. Known for his colorful characters and imaginative story lines, he has gained a cult following for his books, many of which have become new york times bestsellers. Set in england in 1255, the anchoress follows the plight of sarah, a seventeenyearold who chooses to become an anchoress a holy woman and spend her life locked in a small cell to the side of a church, devoting her days entirely to prayer. 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. All the data from the network and user upload, if infringement, please contact us to delete. A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on the part of the author or publisher. Methinks the fool is the player, the mind above the moves. This is one of many christopher moore books that have been recommended to me and i am looking forward to laughing i need it right now especially. I lay in the bow of the boat, under the moonlight, slowly expiring from thirst and heartbreak, while the great beefbrained boy, drool, made bumbling snatches for the monkey, who was perched on the bowsprit behind my head, screeching and clawing at my jesters hat, and. I breezed through this again in anticipation of the sequel.
Ill start right off by announcing that this is my second time reading this book and ive yet to read a moore book i didnt like. Fool 2009 is the eleventh novel by christopher moore. A retelling of shakespeares king lear from the perspective of the court jester. Fool is a novel by american writer christopher moore, released on february 10, 2009. Captain curran, send a guard to watch the bread and the cheese before the fool has his way with it. Lamb, fool and a dirty job are vicarious rides through. Over a decade ago, i ran into my first christopher moore book.
Finally, a book that blends shakespeare with monster. The novel takes its premise from the plot of shakespeares play king lear, narrated from the perspective of the character of the fool, whose name is pocket. The anchoress a woman held pretty much incommunicado in the. Christopher moore, fool sphere, 2009 paperback, 384 pages. Reading christopher moore s fool is rather like watching hercules. Chapter 1 he is drowned and these are devils wed been adrift for eight days when the ninny tried to eat the monkey. A man of infinite jest, pocket has been lears cherished fool for years, from the time the kings grown daughtersselfish, scheming goneril, sadistic but eroticfantasygradehot regan, and sweet, loyal cordeliawere mere girls.