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Pump Up Your Book Presents Falstaff’s Big Gamble Virtual Book Publicity Tour

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Join Hank Quense, author of the humorous rewrite of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, Falstaff’s Big Gamble as he virtually tours the blogosphere in September and October, 2012, on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book.

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Author Hank Quense

About Hank Quense

Award-winning author Hank Quense writes humorous fantasy and sci-fi stories. His motto is fantasy and sci-fi stories told with humor and satire. He has over forty published short stories and a number of nonfiction articles. On occasion, he also writes an article on fiction writing or book marketing but says that writing nonfiction is like work while writing fiction is fun. He refuses to write serious genre fiction saying there is enough of that on the front page of any daily newspaper and on the evening TV news. Hank lives in Bergenfield, NJ with his wife Pat. They have two daughters and five grandchildren.

Hank’s previous works include Zaftan Enterprises, Zaftan Miscreants and Tales From Gundarland, a collection of fantasy stories. Readers Favorite awarded the book a medal and EPIC designated it a finalist in its 2011 competition. His Fool’s Gold is a retelling of the ancient Rhinegold myth and Tunnel Vision is a collection of twenty previously published short stories. Build a Better Story is a book of advice for fiction writers.

Visit Hank Quense at Strange Worlds
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Falstaff_Front2 About Falstaff’s Big Gamble

This novel is Shakespeare’s Worst Nightmare.
It takes two of the Bard’s most famous plays, Hamlet and Othello, and recasts them in Gundarland. There, Hamlet becomes a dwarf and Othello a dark elf and Iago and his wife, Emilia, are trolls.
If that isn’t bad enough, these two tragedies are now comedies with Falstaff, Shakespeare’s most popular rogue, thrown in as a bonus.

Both Hamlet and Othello are plagued by the scheming Falstaff, who embezzles money from Othello. After Hamlet becomes king (with help from Falstaff) the rogue becomes the dark nemesis behind throne.

About The Strange Worlds of Hank Quense

Hank Quense has written about the Strange Worlds that he has developed as a background to many of the books he has written. One of these worlds is called Gundarland, a planet inhabited by humans and fantasy creatures. The second is Zaftan 31B, home world of the alien race known as Zaftans. The books contain information on culture, races, religion, politics and other topics. His latest book in this series is Zaftan Enterprises.

Read What Reviewers Have to Say

Readers Favorite: 5 stars
Readers both familiar and unfamiliar with William Shakespeare’s characters will appreciate this gem of a story. John Falstaff, now self-named Sir John Falstaff, and his page Poulet are escaping on horseback from an angry husband. Falstaff, fat as he is, has a way with married ladies and their money. Meanwhile, in Denmarko, Prince Hamlet is entranced with raising bees, “to bee or not to bee” while his dead father sends messages to Hamlet to kill Clodio, now King of Denmarko and married to Hamlet’s mother. And also included in this humorous tale that uses Shakespearean characters is Othello, happily married to Desdemonda, and serving as Minister of Homeland Security in nearby Dun Hythe. Othello is hated by Iago the troll who wants his job. Do all these characters sound familiar? Well, what they are up to is not quite what the Bard offered long ago. Othello and Falstaff agree to hire dwarfs to raid the pirate ships that roam the nearby harbor but somehow Falstaff ends up pirating the pirate ships and helping pocket the profits.

Rosencrantz and Guildersleeve throw Hamlet overboard when he sets out to stop the piracy, and Falstaff saves the royal prince from drowning and they become best of friends. Will this story show readers what it is that is “rotten in the state of Denmarko”?

Author Hank Quense has written a totally humorous tongue-in-cheek story using famous Shakespearean characters who live and play side by side with trolls, dwarfs andelves who speak rough and broken English straight out of the Bronx. The plot moves rapidly with twists and turns that take us to the story’s end and Falstaff is scheming once again in a new setting. This is an engaging tale with characters that resemble their Shakespearean origins while the multiple plots pay lip service to two of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies, now changed into comedies.

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Hank Quense will be on virtual book tour during September and October, 2012. Contact Rebecca at Rebecca.camarena@yahoo.com if you would like to host or be part of this author’s tour. Thank you.

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Falstaff’s Big Gamble Tour Schedule

September 4

Interviewed at Writing Daze

September 5

Interviewed at Paperback Writer

September 6

Book Spotlighted at Bluebell Books

September 11

Interviewed at Book Marketing Buzz

September 12

Guest Post at Literarily Speaking

September 13

Interviewed at As the Pages turn

September 17

Interviewed at Beyond the Books

September 18

Guest Post at Bless Their Hearts

Guest Post at The Book Bug

September 19

Book Giveaway at Bless Their Hearts

September 21

Book Giveaway at The Busy Mom’s Daily

September 25

Guest Post at The Book Connection

September 26

Guest Post at Maureen’s Musings

October Dates

October 3

Guest Post at Giveaways and Glitter

October 4

Guest Post at Motherhoot

October 9

Interview at Between the Covers

October 10

Book Reviewed at Books and Movies Reviews

Book Reviewed at Amazon

Book Reviewed at Goodreads

Book Reviewed at Shelfari

Book Reviewed at Barnes & Noble

Book Reviewed at Linked In

October 11

Interviewed at Pump Up Your Book

October 15

Guest post at Books, Books and More Books

October 16

Book Review and Giveway at Books, Books and More Books

October 22

Interviewed at The Story Behind the Book

October 23

Interviewed at The Writer’s Life

October 24

Guest Post at Kitty Crochett

October 25

Book Reviewed at Kitty Crochett

October 25

Guest Post at Hollywood Daze

October 26

Guest Posting at Colorimetry


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