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Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, but Hamlet can�t be sure what�s causing the stench. His rage at his mother�s infidelities � together with his greed for the sensual Ophelia and his dead father�s call to revenge a "murder most foul" � have his mind in chaos, and he wants to scatter his traitorous uncle�s insides across the fields. But was it really his father�s ghost that night on the ramparts, or a hell-fiend sent to trick him? "Action is hot," he tells Ophelia, who lives shut up in a tower with her longings and lust. "Action is courage, and reflection is cowardly. Picking up the knife has the colors of truth. As soon as I hesitate. . . ." In this dark, erotically charged, beautifully crafted novel, John Marsden brings one of Shakespeare�s most riveting characters to full-blooded life in a narrative of intense psychological complexity. (less)

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, but Hamlet can�t be sure what�s causing the stench. His rage at his mother�s infidelities � together with his greed for the sensual Ophelia and his dead father�s call to revenge a "murder (…more)