Rating: 4/5
Review:
Amusing stuff
I found Scoundrels
amusing but not quite as hilarious as some other reviewers did.
It purports to be
the memoirs of a couple of upper crust chaps, now long retired, who
have had all sorts of outrageous adventures and who, in between
chapters of reminiscence, snipe at each other very amusingly. It’s
well written and quite outrageous; they are self-seeking, brutal and
uncaring with a casual, blind arrogance which far outstrips any
abilities they may have. The scrapes they get into are absurd and
often entertainingly disgusting (Cornwall’s recovery from fugu
poisoning is quite appalling, for example).
How funny you find
this will depend on your sense of humour, but it’s well done (in a
field which has some terrible turkeys in it). I find it quite
entertaining; I read it in smallish chunks, but I do keep going back
for more and I will certainly read any subsequent volumes.
(My thanks to
Farrago for an ARC via NetGalley.)
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