The Death of Napoleon

This little novella by Simon Lees won a trillion awards. I don't really see why. It's more like a short story, a long one I guess. Maybe it was such, originally. It's not bad, it's kind of interesting, and it'd be really interesting if you loved Napoleon; it's written fairly well, and it's quite entertaining. But it's not the best thing I've ever read in my life. I wouldn't be pouring awards on it. Basically Napoleon switches places with a loyal Captain, goes back to France, originally wants to get back his empire, but things have changed, he can't do that any more. His only victory is in helping to set up a melon-selling business. And then he dies. There you go! A bit clever and ironic and so forth. But not exactly utter brilliance. Maybe it was a dry year for awards back then.