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- From: alisg@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
- Subject: RE: HELP!
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- Organization: Montana State University
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:23:34 GMT
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- Several days ago I posted that I had enjoyed George Macdonald Fraser's
- _Flashman_ books and asked for e-mail recommendations of something else. Here's
- a summary of the replies:
-
- From John S.: Fraser's _Mr. American_
- Thomas Berger, _Little Big Man_ (I've already read it, and
- heartily concur with the recommendation)
-
- From Wayne C.: Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin sea novels
- G. M. Fraser's MacAuslan stories
-
- From Mary L.: Robertson Davies' _Murther and Walking Spirits_, plus a general
- recommendation for anything else by Davies. I haven't read
- this newest one, but I've read almost everything else and
- agree with Mary -- even his not-very-good books are wonderful.
-
- From Dave C.: Sharyn McCrumb novels involving Elizabeth McPherson
-
- From Ted S.: Kenneth Roberts (I should have remembered! My bother's been trying
- to get me to read him for years :)
- Mario Vargas Llosa's "The War of the End of the World"
- (intriguing suggestion -- I loved Garcia Marquez's "100 years
- of Solitude," which is historical in a very odd way.)
- G. M. Fraser's _The Pyrates_
-
- From Don Z (?): Robert Graves _I Claudius_, with a caveat not to accept the
- "history" without reservations
-
- Many thanks for the suggestions. I realized later that my post seemed to ask
- for recommendations of other historical novels. I do enjoy them, but wasn't
- interested in them exclusively. As much as anything, I enjoyed the humor and
- iconoclasm of the _Flashman_ series.
-
- Thanks again, folks.
-
- george
- alisg@trex.oscs.montana.edu
-