This week's book is the latest from Alan Gordon. (I've posted about him before.)
From the golden age of jesters and troubadours, comes his Fools' Guild and leading fool Theophilos who is anything but. Gordon juggles the weighty issues of medieval Europe with witty banter, and still serves up a mystery that is well-plotted. The fools are not one-dimensional, nor are events shoe-horned to fit the story.
I must admit that my favorite Fools' Guild mystery is Gordon's twist of Hamlet which he's entitled An Antic Disposition, but The Moneylender of Toulouse holds its own. Theo and his fool wife, Claudia, charm in Toulouse of the early 1200s. If you're not careful, you may actually learn some history as well. And enjoy yourself while doing so!
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Just finished Tom Perrotta's "The Abstinence Teacher."
Given he wrote "Little Children" and "Election," I was disappointed. The two main characters were well drawn, but too many supporting characters were overly broad and cartoonish. I found that jarring.
Still, I did pick up an autographed copy at a local independent bookstore, left over from a signing. Maybe I can sell it on eBay.
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