23 June 2023

No Sir I Don't Like It

Despite enjoying "Quartered Safe Out Here" I am not a Flashman fan.

I have attempted "Flashman's Lady" and "Flashman and the Redskins" and have found myself, both times, screaming, "GET THE FUCK ON WITH IT!"

These books are 200 pages crammed into over 500, each.

So I never finished "Flashman and the Fine Points of Cricket" or "Flashman Has Sex with A New Orleans Whore." because I kept wondering when The Lady or Redskins would actually fucking appear.

That he wrote 12 books to this pattern and people enjoyed them baffles me.

Posted by Angus McThag at 02:37
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  1. Technomad23 June, 2023 09:34

    You might enjoy his "McAuslan" stories, which were based on Fraser's time in the Gordon Highlanders after WWII. McAuslan himself is sort of a real-life Baldrick.

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  2. slow joe crow23 June, 2023 13:04

    The Flashman books, at least the earlier ones are written in a 19th century style that can be heavy going. The Scottish Regiment stories, the non-fiction and I think Mr. American are written more concisely.
    I tried reading something by Saki (H.H. Munro) who was a pre WWI bestseller and an early war casualty and found it almost unreadable.

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