George MacDonald Fraser just died

[Piratecat]

And so passes my favorite author. Damn it! We were eagerly awaiting the Flashman story set during the civil War, which Flashy apparently fought on both sides of.

Obituary Link

He'll be sorely missed.

 

[Dioltach]

That's a terrible shame. I just started rereading Flashman's Lady yesterday.

Like you, I've been waiting for the Civil War instalment of the Flashman Papers for years -- decades, actually, since I started reading Flashman in my early teens. Mr American is my all-time favourite novel.

 

[Plane Sailing]

Sad news. All of a sudden we seem to be losing authors we like at a pace. I suppose it is one of the travails of us growing older.

 

[Joshua Randall]

I started reading the Flashman books many years ago after The New Yorked published an admiring review of the then-latest release.

Great stuff. Exotic locales, skullduggery, action, comedy, and sex sex sex -- these books have it all.

If you've never read Flashman, you owe it to yourself to do so.

 

[Rackhir]

... during the civil War, which Flashy apparently fought on both sides of.

Shouldn't that be "...tried to avoid fighting on either side..."?

 

[Wombat]

**thud**

Damme, no more Flashman! No more Pyrates! No more 1970s Three Musketeers!

I am incalculably saddened by this news...