The Fool Who Thought Too Much - Ishmael Reed

Category: Fantasy, Humor, Short Story
Language: English
Keywords: Fairy Tale Satire

Written by Ishmael Reed
Read by Adam Lazarre-White
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

It’s tough to be a buffoon when the Age of Reason is trying to downsize your job. When the King’s Fool dies unexpectedly, a professional buffoon tries to move up the ranks and grab the top slot. But the politics involved in becoming a court jester are no laughing matter. The rules of becoming the top fool are simple: The winner is the one who performs the most outrageous act. Our buffoon and his fellows struggle for supremacy in a profession that is heading for extinction.

Ishmael Reed is a playwright, poet, and author of such ground-breaking novels as Mumbo Jumbo and Reckless Eyeballing as well as the best-selling Audible Original Malcolm and Me. Now the acclaimed writer returns to the form that introduced him to reading when he was a child: fairy tales.

Audio Release Date:
November 5 2020

1 hr and 22 mins