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Shakespeare for squirrels, Christopher Moore

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Shakespeare for squirrels

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Christopher Moore

Set adrift by his pirate crew, Pocket of Dog Snogging washes up on the sun-bleached shores of Greece, where a pair of lovers has the island in turmoil. Egeus, the Duke's minister, is furious that his daughter Hermia is determined to marry Lysander, instead of Demetrius, the man he has chosen for her. If, by the time of the wedding, Hermia still refuses to marry Demetrius, 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 Puck. 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

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