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Shades of Flashman; George MacDonald Fraser's last book recalls greatest creation.(BOOKS)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 20080420
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Byline: Joseph Goulden, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

My favorite character in all of British fiction is a multi-faulted cad who is a liar, a serial philanderer who does not hesitate to slap around unwilling women, a coward on the battlefield and elsewhere ("as yellow as yesterday's custard" it was said of him) and a conniving scoundrel who gains high honors by commandeering credit for victories won by others while he cowered in a hole far from harm's way. Should Brig. Gen. Harry Flashman as much as wink at one of my sisters, I would cane him to the pavement and deliver a ...

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