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...Brian is also a shameless wag, who early in the series has the hulking Aubrey escape overland from the French disguised as a dancing bear, led by Maturin as bear trainer, and who is not above calling a ferocious Spanish xebec-frigate defeated by Aubrey the Cacafuego, which means exactly what first-year Spanish students think it means (s___-fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Square-Rigged Saga | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

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