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Mr american george macdonald fraser5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The Flashman scenes are amongst the best here, so that when he disappears the reader truly misses him. For the main part ‘Mr American’ is quite a flat and insipid tale, while only come to life occasionally. As it turned out the now elderly general has a far more substantial role than I envisaged, however the spark and liveliness of his appearances shows up the great flaws in this book. The blurb to my copy reads “even old General Flashman, who knew men and mischief better than most, never guessed the whole truth about ‘Mr American’” That was of course enough to make me reach for my wallet, although I was fully suspicious that old Flash might be appearing for five pages or so before shuffling off. The reason this novel leapt off the shelf at me at the local book emporium, was the realisation that Harry Flashman played some part in this tale. ![]() And there I was thinking that I’d read everything George MacDonald Fraser wrote about Flashman. ![]()
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