New York Times Bestseller! Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in
this wildly entertaining murder mystery from New York Times
bestselling author Christopher Moore-an uproarious, hardboiled take
on the Bard's most performed play, A Midsummer Night's 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 Snogging-last seen in The Serpent of
Venice-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 Duke's
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
fool's impudence, the Duke orders his death. With the Duke's 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 Goodfellow-the mischievous sprite
better known as Puck-was found dead. Murdered. Oberon makes Pocket
an offer he can't 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 Bard's
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 Night's noir-a wicked and
brilliantly funny good time conjured by the singular imagination of
Christopher Moore.
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