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The Serpent of Venice
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- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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Publisher's summary
New York Times best-selling author Christopher Moore channels William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe in this satiric Venetian gothic featuring the irresistibly mischievous Pocket, the eponymous hero of Fool.
Venice, a really long time ago: Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the erstwhile envoy from Britain who also happens to be a favorite of the Doge: The rascal-Fool Pocket. This trio of cunning plotters have lured Pocket to a dark dungeon, promising a spirited evening. Their invitation is, of course, bogus. These scoundrels have something far less amusing planned for the man who has consistently foiled their quest for power and wealth. But this Fool is no fool.…
Once again, Christopher Moore delivers a rousing literary satire: A dramedy mash-up rich with delights, including (but not limited to): Foul plots; counterplots; true love; jealousy; murder; betrayal; revenge; codpieces; a pound of flesh; occasional debauchery; and water (lots of water). Not to mention a cast Shakespeare himself would be proud of: Shylock; Iago; Othello; a bunch of other guys whose names end in o; a trio of comely wenches; the brilliant Fool; his large sidekick, Drool; Jeff, the pet monkey; a lovesick sea serpent; and a ghost (yes, there’s always a bloody ghost).
Wickedly witty and outrageously inventive, The Serpent of Venice pays cheeky homage to the Bard and illuminates the absurdity of the human condition as only Christopher Moore can.
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Born Queen of Scotland, married as a young girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third marriage to the dashing, commanding Lord Bothwell, the love of her life, gave her joy but widened the scandal and surrounded her with enduring ill repute.
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Fiction being the key word
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Beka Cooper Book 1
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- Narrated by: Susan Denaker
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Tamora Pierce begins a new Tortall trilogy by introducing Beka Cooper, an amazing young woman who lived 200 years before Pierce's popular Alanna character. For the first time, Pierce employs first-person narration in a novel, bringing readers even closer to a character they will love for her unusual talents and tough personality.
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For generations the misty Shadowline has marked the boundary between the lands of men and the lost northern lands that are the lair of their inhuman enemies, the ageless Qar. But now that boundary line is moving outward, threatening to engulf the northernmost land in which humans still live - the kingdom of Southmarch.
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His surcoat still bloody from battle, William FitzAlan comes to claim the strategic borderlands granted to him by the king. One last prize awaits him at the castle gates: the lovely Lady Catherine Rayburn. Catherine risked everything to spy for the crown. Her reward? Her lands are declared forfeit and she is given this choice: marry FitzAlan or be taken to the Tower. Catherine agrees to give her handsome new husband her body, but she's keeping secrets, and dare not give him her heart.
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Stong Heroine.
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Set in boisterous, rebellious Boston on the eve of the American Revolution, Blindspot ingeniously weaves together the fictional stories of Stewart Jameson, a Scottish portrait painter and notorious libertine, and Fanny Easton, a fallen woman from one of Boston's most powerful families who disguises herself as a boy to become Jameson's defiant and seductive apprentice. Together with an African-born doctor, they investigate the death of the famous revolutionary leader Samuel Bradstreet.
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Disappointing
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The Kushiel series in order
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In 13th century Europe, political turmoil is the order of the day and the Fool's Guild and its agents - jesters, jugglers, and knaves to a man - works behind the scenes to manipulate events, trying to maintain a balance of power. Theophilos, a member of the Guild known by many names, is still recovering from his last mission during which he was severely wounded and nearly lost his life but, in the person of Viola, found himself an apprentice and a wife. But there is no rest for the wicked.
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No one enters the doom-haunted Barrowlands without royal sanction. But Hesk Atterley has. Accompanied by seedy companions and a hunger for riches, what he finds may change his life forever...if it doesn't kill him first.
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Short but Interesting
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By: Mike Shel
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Green
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She was born in poverty, in a dusty village under the equatorial sun. She does not remember her mother, she does not remember her own nameher earliest clear memory is of the day her father sold her to the tall pale man. In the Court of the Pomegranate Tree, where she was taught the ways of a courtesanand the skills of an assassinshe was named Emerald, the precious jewel of the Undying Dukes collection of beauties. She calls herself Green.
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Gods, Cat People, Female Assassins, Whips--
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Before the Riders came to their remote valley, the Yendri led a tranquil, pastoral life. When the Riders conquered and enslaved them, only a few escaped to the forests. Rebellion wasn't the Yendri way; they hid, or passively resisted, taking consolation in the prophecies of their spiritual leader. Only one possessed the necessary rage to fight back: Gard the foundling, half-demon, who began a one-man guerrilla war against the Riders.
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Delightfully humorous
- By Katherine on 09-09-11
By: Kage Baker
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- Jim "The Impatient"
- 10-20-17
HEINOUS FKERY MOST FOUL
IF WORDS WERE WEALTH, A KING AMONG KINGS YOU WOULD BE
Is this a good book, you ask? That is AN ILL FORMED QUESTION. Fans of Moore, will probably suspect what a great book this is and they would be right. I am a big fan of the first book, FOOL, but liked this one even better. Reading book one, is not necessary to enjoying this one, but it is a good book, so why not buy both? A book about the past, written in a Shakespearean style, by a modern author. Written with much wit, with much cleverness, funny, sometimes hilarious, with sex and bad language. It's main character speaks several languages including FKING FRENCH. OH, FK STOCKINGS.
THIS IS A PUNCH TO MY HEART
I have trouble reading or listening to Shakespeare, but did not find this book a problem and even loved the language. There are some jumps in time, that got me confused, but not enough to lower the five star rating.
PUT ON FRIENDLY FACES
An audio book takes two people to make it great. It first has to be well written and this certainly was and than it has to have a great narrator and this also does. Comedy is especially hard for some narrators to get right. They almost have to be a comedian themselves to get the timing down right. Morton is a comedian.
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- James S
- 06-14-14
Moore sophomoric humor riffing off the Bard's time
Sadly, I've gone from being a massive Christopher Moore fan after reading Dirty Job and 12 other fantastic humor novels to now dreading each new book. The reason: Since Fool, he has devolved his humor down to insults, scatalogy and sexual innuendo. The story in here is pretty dumb and basic covered over by endless jokes of the sort above. So sad and disappointing. At least no longer to my taste.
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- Sires
- 05-11-14
Shakespear, E.A. Poe, and Pocket the Fool
Combining plot points and characters from The Cask of Amontillado by Poe, Othello and The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare, Moore sends Pocket the Fool off on another adventure, this time in medieval Venice. Pocket, nicknamed Fortunato by the Doge starts at a very low point in his life. He is the intended victim of a conspiracy between some merchants of Venice and Iago who want to start a crusade in order to increase their wealth. The last one had worked so well for them. Pocket is so low that he little cares for his life-- until he discovers that this conspiracy is the cause of his misfortunes! Most Heinous F___ery, as he says.
And the story takes off-- ribald, bawdy and very, very clever as Moore combines characters from all the stories into a fun listen. Christopher Moore is funny when read by oneself, but when Euan Morton does the narrating it is rib splitting and laugh out loud-- if you like Christopher Moore's brand of humor. HIs satire about recent world events is spot on.
So why not 5 stars across the board? I thought that there were a couple of places where it moved a little slow. Also there were so references back to events and characters in Fool that probably would have confused a new reader. I just took it as an opportunity to listen to Fool again.
In fact, if you thinking about buying this listen and have not heard Fool you would do yourself a great favor if you listen to Fool first. Both books have entertaining Author Notes read at the end by Christopher Moore himself explaining why he made the choices he did in terms of characters and time periods.
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- Dubi
- 05-08-14
Fool's Gold
I'm among a small minority of people who dislike Shakespeare and are not abashed to admit it. I just never got it. But I've always loved alternative interpretations. One of the best is Fool by Chris Moore. That was the first of Moore's books that I read, and I've since torn through almost all of his non-vampire back catalog (I don't like vampires either, but maybe Moore can do for them what he does for Shakespeare, so I'll get to them at some point).
The Serpent of Venice is a sequel of sorts to Fool and it is every bit as good. Fool is a retelling of King Lear from the point of view of Pocket, the king's jester. It's laugh out loud funny -- I was laughing even before I started reading it, just looking at the map on the frontispiece. Pocket returns in Serpent to participate in a mash-up of two Shakespearie plays set in Venice -- The Merchant of Venice and Othello, with Marco Polo and a dragon and some Edgar Allan Poe thrown in for good measure. And it is just as laugh out loud funny.
As in Chris Moore's very own Lamb, a well-known story is told from the point of view of a comic side character. In Lamb it's the Gospel according to Jesus's best friend from childhood, Biff, who joins him on many youthful adventures. He tells his story with great comic effect in an amalgamation of the language of the time as we might imagine it in English, biblical English, and the vernacular of modern American English. That's the formula Pocket uses to make Fool and The Serpent of Venice so funny and engaging, mixing slangy scatological American English with Shakespearian English.
I didn't realize it at the time, but narrator Euan Morton got me started on audiobooks. My wife preferred audio, but I stuck doggedly to print (I still read a lot of books in print). When Moore's Sacre Bleu came out, I got a hard copy for me and the audio edition for my wife. I struggled halfway through the book, enjoying it but having a hard time actually reading it. With a long drive ahead of me, I grabbed the audio version and finished it up, enjoying it so much more than the print edition that I started to listen to audio regularly.
I believe Moore is best read in audio. A good narrator with good comic timing can make the best lines work better than I can in my imagination (I find the same to be true of Lee Martinez, John Scalzi, Dennis Taylor, Tim Dorsey, and other humorous writers). I have well proven this to myself, having gone back and listened to Fool and Lamb in audio, having previously read them in print, as well as other Moore titles that I hadn't already read. Euan Morton in particular does a great job with Moore, just as Wil Wheaton does for Scalzi.
That said, I think Morton misfires badly with his voicing of the chorus -- too shrill and over the top. On the other hand, Pocket and Iago and Jessica are really well done, as are most of the other characters who have funny lines -- Othello and Shylock, the serious characters, are read as such, so they don't stand out as much.
I'd love to take Pocket out to dinner. But only if he brings the Puppet Jones with him and speaks at least a little effing French. I would ask him to leave Drool and Jeff the monkey behind if it was dinner so that we could maintain at least a veneer of decorum, although I wouldn't expect Pocket to control himself throughout. He is a great creation.The smartest person in the room despite playing the role of fool, despite constantly allowing his ego to interfere with his thought process. And an expert in cracking wise in a combination of Shakespearian English and contemporary slang (with a decided bent toward vulgarity in both genres), and with that dash of effing French thrown in just so he can say effing French as much as possible.
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- David Shear
- 04-28-14
Funny, creative, well written, did I mention funny
I'm a big fan of Moore. His newest books have been about a piece of history and/or a story from Shakespeare that he then puts his own nutty twist on. And Moore is nutty. Of that particular genre, this is his best yet.
If you've read "Fool," the main character Pocket is back to lead us through, well kind of, the story of Othello. The story line, the pace of the story, and the action are great. The story is driven by Pocket and it's believable, fun, and left me guessing as to what would happen next.
The best part, as with most Moore books, is the quippy dialog and character development. That's where this book really shines. I laughed out loud several times and just loved Pocket by the end. He's silly, and funny, and naughty but also is developed as a character.
It didn't get five stars because about 2/3 of the way through, the story got a little muddled for me with the large number of characters. I got lost as to where the story was going a little bit.
One, possible suggestion: At the end of the book, the "afterward" or epilogue, Christopher Moore himself comes on and explains where the pieces of the stories were taken from to create his story. He talks about the history and about a couple of works from Shakespeare. If I had my choice, I would have listened to that first. I think I would have enjoyed the story even more. If you'd rather be completely surprised by all facets of the story, then don't listen to it first. But if you'd like to have your bearings, and understand why Othello runs into some of the characters he does, before the book, I'd go to the end and listen to Moore's dialogue. It is really interesting stuff, it was great that he added it.
Morton as a narrator was awesome. The "chorus" voice was a little annoying, but it was supposed to be, so it worked.
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- Pamela J
- 05-05-14
Clever, irreverent, and bawdy - the triple crown!
Christopher Moore is no fool. He's one of the funniest and (only in the best way) sickest writers who ever penned a Shakespeare spoof. To get the most of this one I think one needs a passing recollection of a couple of Shakespeare plays (Merchant of Venice, Othello) throw in some Poe (Cask of Amontillado), a 1950's monster flick, and the willingness to listen to some junior high school humor spoken in a British accent and you've got the perfect way to giggle through an afternoon. Careful not to drink anything while you're listening - - I almost coughed up a lung full of coffee onto my iPad. Oh, and if you want to go in order, pick up Fool by Christopher Moore first, then go here. Great fun.
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- Jason
- 05-02-14
Best narrator ever brings the story to life
I have been a long-time audible member, and as I travel a great deal for my job, i consume audio books frequently. I read Christopher Moore many years ago in book form, and when I saw this new book had come out, I tried it.
For many books, the audio book version is about equivalent to reading the book in paper form (for me, anyway) except that I can drive while doing it. There are great narrators, and most of the books I have listened to are delightful.
This audio book is the perfect pairing of great, enjoyable story and narrator that seems to have been born for this part. Mr. Morton brought this wonderful story to life in ways that left me amazed. He is truly gifted and I will seek out his other books. You *MUST* experience this pairing. Words, alas, do not do the experience justice!
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- Kim
- 05-24-14
The Fool Returns....to Applause!!
Oh joyous delight!! The return of our beloved "Fool" aka "Pocket" ready to wreak havoc and run amok once again! For fans of "Fool" - you will love the deliciously salty language and abundant sexual innuendo woven throughout this tale of love and betrayal. I have not read The Merchant of Venice (yes, I know - for shame..) but it's so much better from the literary genius that is Christopher Moore - perhaps our generation's Shakespeare - after all, wasn't he thought to be quite edgy-bordering-on-vulgar back in his day? Anyway, for new readers - dive right in - you don't have to know much about the other book to enjoy it - all you need is a love for inappropriate humor, saucy characters, and tragedy perfected. I didn't give it 5 stars across the board because I did like Fool a little bit better and I reserve all 5's for only a select few. That said, I forgot to mention the narrator who needs to be nominated for an award - he IS Pocket - the performance is seamless and the production is fantastic. Great audio book - 4.5 stars.
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- Tyler
- 10-01-15
Story is forced
I loved 'Fool' and was so excited there was a sequel. Only this is not a sequel. This is a terrible boring political annoyance, with Pocket just shoved in only to sell books I am sure.
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- Deedra
- 11-21-14
The Serpent of Venice
Where does The Serpent of Venice rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
'Lamb' is Mr Moores best book,in my opinion and Coyote Blue his worst.This is somewhere in the middle.I LOVED Fool!Serpent has 15 too many characters and I found myself getting confused.By the end I had it figured out though!
What other book might you compare The Serpent of Venice to and why?
Fool
Have you listened to any of Euan Morton’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes,this one compares quite well.The voices this man uses are awesome!
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Toward the end,yes
Any additional comments?
nope
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