William Makepeace Thackeray's Barry Lyndon is much more audacious, interesting and mendacious than the version that appears in Stanley Kubrick's film. The ultimate unreliable narrator, Redmond Barry (his birth name) is always ready to draw his sword (or shoot off his mouth) to defend his supposed honor. The likable rogue reaches its apotheosis in this excellent novel.
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