Christopher Moore Audiobooks
Narrated by Euan Morton
Euan Morton has narrated four audiobooks by New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore: the complete Fool trilogy and Sacré Bleu. Moore's irreverent satirical novels blend Shakespearean comedy with bawdy humour, and Morton's theatrical background makes him an ideal narrator for these wildly inventive stories.
The Fool Series
The Fool trilogy follows Pocket of Dog Snogging, a diminutive court jester with a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue, through bawdy retellings of Shakespeare's plays. Accompanied by his hulking apprentice Drool and his monkey Jeff, Pocket navigates royal intrigue, supernatural forces, and endless romantic entanglements.
Fool (2009)
Fool is a bawdy retelling of Shakespeare's King Lear from the perspective of Pocket, the court jester. When King Lear decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters based on their flattery, Pocket finds himself caught in a deadly game of royal politics. Armed only with his wit, his baubled scepter Jones, and his apprentice Drool, Pocket must navigate murderous princesses, scheming earls, and dark prophecies to save the one person who ever showed him kindness: Princess Cordelia.
"Multimedia entertainer Euan Morton's energetic narrating talents are on full display... Working with more than a dozen characters, Morton individualizes each to his or her utmost potential... Moore is infamous for tackling 'untouchable' subjects with biting humor, and Morton's whip-smart tongue doesn't waste a line."
— AudioFile Magazine, February 2009
Note: This audiobook contains colourful language, sexual references, and adult humour throughout.
The Serpent of Venice (2014)
In this sequel, Moore channels both Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe in a satiric Venetian gothic. Three prominent Venetians—a merchant, a senator, and a naval officer—lure the widowed Pocket to a dark dungeon with promises of rare sherry and a beautiful woman. Their plan: to murder the fool who has foiled their schemes for power. But Pocket is no fool, and Venice holds secrets darker than anyone imagines, including a legendary serpent lurking in the canals.
"Narrator Euan Morton is the perfect choice for recounting this bawdy tale. He infuses it with a sprinkling of the spirit of the Carry On movies of old, an approach that offsets the ribald and earthy language of many of the characters. Morton's characterizations bring the full cast of this fantastical tale to life."
— AudioFile Magazine, June 2014
Shakespeare for Squirrels (2020) Earphones Award
Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in this murder mystery set in the world of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Set adrift by pirates, Pocket washes up in Athens, where the Duke threatens to execute a young woman who refuses an arranged marriage. When Pocket's impertinence earns him a death sentence, he escapes into the enchanted forest—and into the court of fairy king Oberon, who needs a new fool. His previous jester, Robin Goodfellow (the Puck), has been murdered. Pocket must find the killer among fairies, mechanicals, and Amazons before his own neck is on the line.
"Euan Morton, the one-man all-star cast of this hilarious, raunchy, twee, utterly sui generis audiobook, is really dazzling... Morton never misses a joke or a beat, misreads a line or misses the pitch of a magical character. Standing O, Mr. Morton."
— AudioFile Magazine, July 2020 (Earphones Award Winner)
Standalone Novel
Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d'Art (2012)
In this "Comedy d'Art," young baker-painter Lucien Lessard joins the dapper Henri Toulouse-Lautrec on a quest to unravel the mystery behind Vincent van Gogh's supposed suicide. Their investigation leads them through the bohemian world of late 19th-century Paris, where they encounter Renoir, Monet, Pissarro, and a conspiracy involving the sacred blue pigment that has driven artists mad for centuries. Part mystery, part history, part love story, Sacré Bleu is Moore's tribute to the French Impressionists.
"Euan Morton presents Christopher Moore's vision of La Belle Époque with lighthearted insouciance... Morton presents Moore's very funny, mostly fictional, anecdotes of Pissarro, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, and a mysterious figure known as 'the Colorman,' combining moments of pathos with moments of near-farce. SACRÉ BLEU is funny, informative, and ingenious, and Morton's rendering of art, artists, and fin-de-siècle France is delightful."
— AudioFile Magazine, April 2012
About Christopher Moore
Christopher Moore is the author of numerous satirical novels including Lamb, A Dirty Job, Bloodsucking Fiends, and Noir. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution called him "Stephen King with a whoopee cushion and a double-espresso imagination." His work blends irreverent humour with sharp social commentary, tackling subjects from Shakespeare to vampires to the life of Christ. He lives in San Francisco, California. Visit his official website at chrismoore.com.
Publication Details
Fool
©2009 Christopher Moore; ℗2009 HarperCollins Publishers
The Serpent of Venice
©2014 Christopher Moore; ℗2014 HarperCollins Publishers
Shakespeare for Squirrels
©2020 Christopher Moore; ℗2020 HarperCollins Publishers
Sacré Bleu
©2012 Christopher Moore; ℗2012 HarperCollins Publishers
Links
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