Pocket

Christopher Moore

When King Lear descends into madness and tears his kingdom apart, it falls to his loyal fool Pocket to navigate the chaos and attempt to restore order to both the crown and the fractured royal family. As Pocket embarks on his unlikely quest to clean up the devastation left in the king's wake, he uncovers shocking truths about his own mysterious origins that challenge everything he thought he knew about himself. Christopher Moore's irreverent retelling of Shakespeare's tragedy blends dark humor with genuine pathos, transforming the fool from a mere jester into an unlikely hero caught between duty and self-discovery. With Moore's signature wit and imaginative storytelling, this novel breathes new life into a classic tale, exploring themes of loyalty, madness, identity, and redemption through the eyes of literature's most underestimated character.