Flashman and the Tiger
Unknown, George MacDonald Fraser
Category: Humor
Tags: Humor
Flashman and the Tiger is George MacDonald Frasers 11th chronicle of Sir Harry Flashman, a celebrated Victorian soldier, scoundrel, amorist, and self-confessed poltroon. Written with great wit and ingenuity, the series is presented as a succession of long-lost memoirs, which Fraser is simply editing for a modern readership. Thus does he interrupt Sir Harrys voice with footnotes, appendices, and tail-gunning apologies. Indeed, Fraser, whose editorial persona is humorless and academic, seems almost embarrassed in the presence of his subjects unbridled self-love., This time the year is 1878, and Flashman is poking his nose into some deep political intrigue for a journalist friend whos done him various unsavory favors. Our favorite swashbuckler has just returned from Paris, where he was awarded the Legion of Honor. Yet readers familiar with Flashmans saga will know this is simply one more piece of tin to add to his capacious collectionand that even as hes revered by those around him, he fi
