author: George MacDonald Fraser
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1969
rating: 4
read at: 2009/12/22
date added: 2009/12/23
shelves: fiction, history
review:
Discovered this book via an Ask Metafilter question, looking for books about the British empire in Afghanistan. It’s fiction, but with rich historical detail. Wild tale of a obnoxious fellow, a liar and a weasel who somehow always turns out looking like a hero. (As an aside, First Afghan War: horrifying.)