Shakespeare for SquirrelsAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 8 July 2021
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New York Times Bestseller!Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in this wildly entertaining murder mystery from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Mooreâ?"an uproarious, hardboiled take on the Bardâ?Ts most performed play, A Midsummer Nightâ?Ts Dream, featuring Pocket, the hero of Fool and The Serpent of Venice, along with his sidekick, Drool, and pet monkey, Jeff. Set adrift by his pirate crew, Pocket of Dog Snoggingâ?"last seen in The Serpent of Veniceâ?"washes up on the sun-bleached shores of Greece, where he hopes to dazzle the Duke with his comedic brilliance and become his trusted fool. But the island is in turmoil. Egeus, the Dukeâ?Ts minister, is furious that his daughter Hermia is determined to marry Demetrius, instead of Lysander, the man he has chosen for her. The Duke decrees that if, by the time of the wedding, Hermia still refuses to marry Lysander, she shall be executed . . . or consigned to a nunnery. Pocket, being Pocket, cannot help but point out that this decree is complete bollocks, and that the Duke is an egregious weasel for having even suggested it. Irritated by the foolâ?Ts impudence, the Duke orders his death. With the Dukeâ?Ts guards in pursuit, Pocket makes a daring escape. He soon stumbles into the wooded realm of the fairy king Oberon, who, as luck would have it, IS short a fool. His jester Robin Goodfellowâ?"the mischievous sprite better known as Puckâ?"was found dead. Murdered. Oberon makes Pocket an offer he canâ?Tt refuse: he will make Pocket his fool and have his death sentence lifted if Pocket finds out who killed Robin Goodfellow. But as anyone who is even vaguely aware of the Bardâ?Ts most performed play ever will know, nearly every character has a motive for wanting the mischievous sprite dead. With too many suspects and too little time, Pocket must work his own kind of magic to find the truth, save his neck, and ensure that all ends well. A rollicking tale of love, magic, madness, and murder, Shakespeare for Squirrels is a Midsummer Nightâ?Ts noirâ?"a wicked and brilliantly funny good time conjured by the singular imagination of Christopher Moore.
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