'Fool' is a re-telling of the King Lear as a farce, from the point of view of the King's fool. Moore cheerfully adds in good bits from other Shakespeare plays, which I think is just fine. It's a fun book � at the very beginning, I laughed out loud reading the cast of characters, and again looking at the map � but not as good as his best. I did read it in one day, so maybe I'm kidding myself. I think there were two difficulties with it for me: [return]1. I had not idea what the plot was. The Fool was messing with people, apparently in order to help Lear, but I really couldn't tell how/why any of it would help. I didn't worry about that too much, just rolled along on his efforts to survive.[return]2. Sometimes Moore writes in modern English, and sometimes it is pure Elizabethan insult-o-rama. Fun stuff that he probably couldn't resist, but gave me a bit of Style Whiplash. If you've never read Moore, I recommend starting with 'Practical Demonkeeping' or 'Bloodsucking Fiends'.