![]() ![]() Lear’s fool and star of Moore’s hysterical earlier novel Fool) being plied with glass upon glass of a wine “which tastes a bit of pitch” by Iago, Antonio, and Montressor Brabantio, a band of villains determined to drag the city into a fabricated holy war while seizing control of its wealth and the Venetian Senate in the process. Set in Venice “a long, long time ago,” the story starts with Pocket of Dog Snogging (a.k.a. Instead, this brilliant mash-up of The Merchant of Venice and Othello - with some King Lear and Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” thrown in for giggles - comes courtesy of Christopher Moore, whose The Serpent of Venice reads like something Shakespeare could’ve written, if only he’d had a proper IV-drug habit. ![]() Imagine how much more fun AP Lit would’ve been if he had. Probably not, because the Bard never wrote it. Remember that renowned Shakespearean work where Othello, Desdemona, Jessica, and King Lear’s fool team up to foil Iago, Lorenzo, and Antonio - all with a little input from Shylock, Emilia, Portia, a snarky Greek chorus, and a horny sea monster named Viv? (I know what you’re thinking, but it’s a myth that sea monsters are frigid.) ![]()
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