A red-faced character in this short story thinks of American women as "the hardest, the cruelest, the most predatory" women in the world.
A red-faced character in this short story thinks of American women as "the hardest, the cruelest, the most predatory" women in the world. One of its characters quotes Shakespeare's line "By my troth I care not; a man can die but once, we owe God a death" after seeing another character transform from a "four-letter man" into "a damn fire eater." This short story begins with its main characters having lunch under a dining tent and pretending that nothing had happened. Its main character wakes up in the middle of the night to find his wife missing, and realizes that she's sleeping with his guide Robert Wilson. The title character shows his cowardice by fleeing from a lion, but suddenly gains courage while facing down a buffalo. For 10 points, name this short story whose title character is shot by his wife Margot during an African safari, written by Ernest Hemingway.
A red-faced character in this short story thinks of American women as "the hardest, the cruelest, the most predatory" women in the world.
"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"