A Different Take on Shakespeare

Guest post written by Brian Morris

I did my part in high school and college English classes reading about as much Shakespeare stuff as one person could physically stand, including King Lear. I've also watched and read a whole lot of different takes on some of his stories, just because so many different things in pop culture are like that. It's not like I sought them out or anything. But when I found out that an author that I really like, Christopher Moore, wrote a different take on King Lear I knew that I would have to read it.

I actually found out about the book when I was reading one of my favorite book blogs a while back with my CLEAR internet bundle. I ordered it right away and couldn't wait to read it when I got it at home.

The Christopher Moore Fool book was even funnier than I had imagined it would be, which that doesn't surprise me though because all of his books that I've read are really funny. Plus, who doesn't love a retelling of something that's known so well anyway?