| Description |
7 audio discs (9 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
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CD audio |
| Performer |
Performed by Euan Morton. |
| Summary |
"Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in this wildly entertaining murder mystery from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore -- an uproarious, hardboiled take on the Bard's most performed play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, featuring Pocket, the hero of Fool and The Serpent of Venice, along with his sidekick, Drool, and pet monkey, Jeff. Set adrift by his pirate crew, Pocket of Dog Snogging -- last seen in The Serpent of Venice -- washes up on the sun-bleached shores of Greece, where he hopes to dazzle the Duke with his comedic brilliance and become his trusted fool. But the island is in turmoil. Egeus, the Duke's minister, is furious that his daughter Hermia is determined to marry Demetrius, instead of Lysander, the man he has chosen for her. The Duke decrees that if, by the time of the wedding, Hermia still refuses to marry Lysander, 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 Robin Goodfellow. 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. A rollicking tale of love, magic, madness, and murder, Shakespeare for Squirrels is a Midsummer Night's noir." -- Back cover |
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Pocket of Dog Snogging (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Oberon (Legendary character) -- Fiction.
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Puck (Legendary character) -- Fiction.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream -- Adaptations.
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Fools and jesters -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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Forced marriage -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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Kings and rulers -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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Fairies -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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Greece -- Fiction -- Sound recordings.
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| Genre |
Mystery fiction.
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Detective and mystery fiction.
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Satirical literature.
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Children's audiobooks.
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Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Morton, Euan, 1977- narrator.
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Inspired by (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Midsummer night's dream.
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| ISBN |
9781094157337 (sound recording ; Blackstone Library CD) |
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1094157333 (sound recording ; Blackstone Library CD) |
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9781094157344 (sound recording ; Blackstone Retail CD) |
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1094157341 (sound recording ; Blackstone Retail CD) |
| Music No. |
ZEdk84 Blackstone Audio |
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