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The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet: A Novel,Used
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Laced with quotes, references, and injokes, crossdressing, bedtricks, mistaken identity, and a bisexual lovetriangle inspired by Shakespeare's own sonnets, The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet novel upends everything you thought you knew about Hamlet. Witty, insightful, playful, and truly wise about the greatest works of the Bard, this novel is a delectable treat for people that have loved books like Stephen Greenblatt's Will in the World and John Updike's Gertrude and Claudius.A Divinity scholar at Wittenberg University, Horatio prides himself on his ability to argue both sides of any intellectual debate but is himself a skeptic, never fully believing in any philosophy. That is, until he meets the outrageous, provocative, and flamboyantly beautiful Prince of Denmark, who teaches him more about both Earth and Heaven than any of his books. But Hamlet is also irrationally haunted by intimations of a tragic destiny he believes is preordained.When a freelance translation job turns into a fullscale theatrical production, Horatio arranges for the theaterloving prince to act in the playdisguised as the heroine! This attracts the attention of Horatio's patroness, the dark and manipulative Lady Adriana. A voracious and astute reader of both books and people, she performs her own seductions to test whether the 'platonic truelove' described in his poems is truly so platonic. But when a mysterious rival poet calling himself 'Will Shakespeare' begins to court both Prince Hamlet and his Dark Lady, Horatio is forced to choose between his skepticism and his love.
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