I was surfing book reviews, and I happened upon an interesting blurb for “Fool”, a novel by Christopher Moore. Apparently, it is –
a retelling of Shakespeare’s King Lear from the point of view of the Fool, and it entailed much shagging, spanking, wanking, murder and, horror, several split infinitives “It was quite bawdy,” Moore understates.
Really? That bawdy? It may seem imprudent to put a book on your “to buy” list just because it’s supposed to be a quite bawdy, but the Fool has always been one of my favourite Shakespearean characters, so I can pretend I actually want to read the book for its theme, and not just for the promise of much spanking.
Though who am I kidding?