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The Mouse that Roared (1955)

par Leonard Wibberley

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The Tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick undertakes to rehabilitate its national economy by declaring war on the U.S., since that nation takes tender care of its defeated enemies. The story tells how the Fenwickian invasion Force of 23 longbowmen not only won the war, but seized the newly invented quadium bomb and by virtue of its possession compelled the cessation of the armament race.… (plus d'informations)
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Incredibly funny, although it gets a little preachy 3/4 of the way through. Best satire since my last Vonnegut novel. ( )
  eatonphil | May 8, 2022 |
The tiny country of Grand Fenwick declares war on the USA. It lurches quite quickly from almost Pratchettesque comedy, to dark cold war satire.
Surprisingly straight forward story though, was expecting a bit more but still good. ( )
  wreade1872 | Nov 28, 2021 |
This humorous novel is set in the tiny fictional Grand Duchy of Fenwick, an Alpine state which declares war against the United States after a Californian company produces a knock off version of the wine which is the tiny state's sole source of revenue. The war has an unexpected conclusion that gives the Duchy a unique opportunity to make an impact on the world stage and influence the nuclear arms race of the great powers (the book was written and set in the 1950s). While very funny and almost absurd in its plotting, the book has through satire some serious points to make about the mutually assured destruction doctrine of the Cold War and of the relations between big states and small states. It was made into a film starring Peter Sellers playing the three leading roles in the book (two male and one female). There are three sequels and one prequel, which I will probably also read. ( )
  john257hopper | Apr 20, 2016 |
The movie starring Peter Sellers is also a fun romp if you like zany, improbable stories...When a tiny country attacks the USA hoping to fail (so they can clean up on the aid dollars provided to losers), the fun starts... ( )
  dbsovereign | Jan 26, 2016 |
Still classic story of the small Grand Duchy of Fenwick invading the United States in order to quickly lose the war and gain a lot of financial aid. Things don't go quite as planned.... This was made into an excellent film with Peter Sellers, in which he plays multiple parts, including the Grand Duchess (but not as a beautiful young girl as in the book; even Sellers couldn't pull that one off.)

Highly highly recommended. A true must read. ( )
  datrappert | May 31, 2011 |
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Dedicated to all the little nations who over the centuries have done what they could to attain and preserve their freedom. It is from one of them that I am sprung.

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The duchy of Grand Fenwick lies in a precipitous fold of the northern Alps and embraces in its tumbling landscape portions of three valleys, a river, one complete mountain with an elevation of two thousand feet and a castle.
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In the few fragments that remain of his own story, [Roger Fenwick] records that he learned but three things in two years at Oxford. The first, on which he placed the greatest value, was that "Yea" might be turned into "Nay" and vice versa if a sufficient quantity of wordage was applied to the matter. The second was that in any argument, the victor was always right, and the third is that though the pen is mightier than the sword, the sword speaks louder and stronger at any given moment. (Chapter 1)
And when this was done, far from turning the fortress over to Charles, he raised his own flag on the main keep, summoned the tenants from the adjacent lands and announced that he was their new Duke and that they were, from henceforth, liegeman of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick.

Some objected, demanding to see the patents of his nobility; whereupon Sir Roger flung his broadsword on the table before him and announced that that was patent enough.

"I have seen no king seated upon a throne by Almighty God," he said, but many who mounted there over a pile of broken heads. What is good enough for kings is good enough for dukes." (Chapter 1)
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A shorter version of The Mouse that Roared appeared in The Saturday Evening Post under the title "The Day New York Was Invaded."
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The Tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick undertakes to rehabilitate its national economy by declaring war on the U.S., since that nation takes tender care of its defeated enemies. The story tells how the Fenwickian invasion Force of 23 longbowmen not only won the war, but seized the newly invented quadium bomb and by virtue of its possession compelled the cessation of the armament race.

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