Major Thompson And I By Pierre Daninos; Translated From The French By W. Marmaduke Thompson – 1957

The books in this series pretended to be the observations of a retired British officer living in France, with collections of comparisons between French and British society. This mischievously witty book was a best-seller in France and it is easy to see why. For the French, Major Thompson is the typical English regular army officer and gentleman. He’s a caricature but his observations are acute and his criticism is pungent