That being said, Fool was a great book by many other standards..its definitely not my favorite Moore novel though. Similar to
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal in that it is based in a mostly-fictional history, the story of King Lear's fool seemed almost burdened by its era, whereas Lamb felt bolstered by it. As Moore explains in the Author's Note, its a conglomeration of various myths, tales, & fractured histories, from 500BC to 500AD, thrown into a blender and poured into a mythical Middle Ages (my wording, his explanation). Add in bits & pieces from a multitude of the Bard's plays, Moore's comic sensibilities, and quite a bit of vulgarity, and it IS a rousing good time. My wife said she couldn't wait to read it, seeing as how often I was laughing out loud while reading it.
in that it is based in a mostly-fictional history, the story of King Lear's fool seemed almost burdened by its era, whereas One of the things I really enjoyed in this novel was his footnotes. Sometimes they were flat, academic sounding descriptions/definitions of Olde English terminology. Yet, mixed in with these, were some awesomely silly little tidbits. In fact, they kinda remind me of his tweets (here: TheAuthorGuy )!!
I think, for now, I'm just going to leave it at that. Reading back, it doesn't quite sound like I'm recommending it, and that's far from true. If you like comic fiction, you owe it to yourself to read Moore. And if you like Moore, you should read Fool. My only caveat is that you don't decide you don't like Moore just because of Fool...got it?!?! ;)
Fool: A Novel - Christopher Moore
I'll do an author post about Christopher Moore soon, and spew what I can about his other books for ya! =)
(p.s. 235 pages into Phule's Errand
by Robert Aspirin with Peter. J. Heck...I'll probably do a post about this fun & funny sci-fi series at some point!)
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