Tartarin de Tarascon

Tartarin is the great hunter of Tarascon, a little town in Provence where, for lack of game, the hunters shoot at their own caps. Dreaming of adventure but fond of his comfort, he finally sets off for Algeria to hunt lions, in a fez and with a whole arsenal. There he finds swindlers, a beautiful 'Moorish lady' and a blind lion, rather than glory. The first and funniest of Daudet's Tartarin novels, a comedy of the South of France.