I, Iago: Shakespeare's Deceitful Schemer from Othello Takes Center Stage – A Dark Psychological Exploration

I, Iago: Shakespeare's Deceitful Schemer from Othello Takes Center Stage – A Dark Psychological Exploration

<p>“Nicole Galland is exceptionally well versed in the fine nuances of storytelling.”<br />—<em>St. Petersburg Times</em></p><p>“Galland has an exceptional gift.”<br />—Neal Stephenson</p><p>The critically acclaimed author of <em>The Fool's Tale</em>, Nicole Galland now approaches William Shakespeare's classic drama of jealousy, betrayal, and murder from the opposite side. <em>I, Iago</em> is an ingenious, brilliantly crafted novel that allows one of literature's greatest villains--the deceitful schemer Iago, from the Bard's immortal tragedy, <em>Othello</em>--to take center stage in order to reveal his "true" motivations. This is Iago as you've never known him, his past and influences breathtakingly illuminated, in a fictional reexamination that explores the eternal question: is true evil the result of nature versus nurture...or something even more complicated? <br /></p>