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Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest. Their invitation is, of course, a ruse. The wine is drugged, and the girl whose presence they have promised is nowhere in sight . . .
With imaginative storytelling, bawdy prose, and puns aplenty, The Serpent of Venice sees Christopher Moore channeling William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe to create a satiric Venetian gothic that follows three cunning plotters desperate to rid themselves once and for all of the man who has consistently foiled their grand quest for power and wealth.
"Tragedy becomes comedy in this side-splitting, hair-raising adventure, The Serpent of Venice is a remarkable reimagining of classic literature, churned through historical backgrounds and research and set to a different drum." -- Bookreporter.com