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Christopher Moore’s *Fool* delivers a raucously humorous take on the classic tragedy of Shakespeare’s King Lear. The story follows Pocket, Lear’s trusted fool, as he navigates a court rife with greed, betrayal, and absurdity. With a playful tone and a penchant for bawdy humor, Moore turns the dramatic tale into a riotous comedy that satirizes royalty, inheritance disputes, and the trials of a morally ambiguous monarch. Pocket’s sharp wit and cunning strategies become the key to rescuing the kingdom’s rightful heir while surfing a landscape of sharp insults, tall tales, and laugh‑out‑loud moments.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comedy Fiction
Authors: Christopher Moore
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