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Tag Archives: Patrick O’Brian
Virtual Art Gallery Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: I love these seascapes by the 19th century Russian-Armenian painter Ivan Aivazovsky. They make want to pick up a Forester or O’Brian novel. Click on the images to enlarge.
Posted in Art
Tagged Academic art, C.S. Forester, Ivan Aivazovsky, painting, Patrick O'Brian, seascapes
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“Flashman”
Blowhard, Esq. writes: I just finished the first volume of George MacDonald Fraser‘s high-spirited and rollicking The Flashman Papers series. For those new to the books, the series of 19th century historical novels chronicles the exploits of an English army officer and self-described … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing
Tagged 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Afghanistan, Allan Quartermain, alternative literary history, Arthur Conan Doyle, Aubrey-Maturin, boys' own adventures, Brigadier Gerard, British Empire, C.S. Forester, Don Quixote, Douglas Adams, East India Company, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edward Said, Feminism, Flashman, Game, genre fiction, George MacDonald Fraser, H.R. Haggard, historical fiction, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Horatio Hornblower, Ian Fleming, India, indigenous warlords, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Bond, James Ellroy, Joseph Conrad, Kabul, Lord of the Rings, men's fiction, n-word, Orientalism, P.G. Wodehouse, Patrick O'Brian, Professor Challenger, public doman, publishing, Robinson Crusoe, sexy native girls, Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan
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“Blood Meridian,” a Western for People Who Hate Westerns
Blowhard, Esq. writes: This summer I read two wonderful novels, Hombre and Valdez is Coming, early Westerns written by the masterful Elmore Leonard. After finishing those books I decided it was time to tackle one of the Big Kahunas of the last … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing
Tagged Blood Meridian, Bulwer-Lytton, Chip Kidd, Coen Brothers, Cormac McCarthy, David Pearson, Elmore Leonard, fancy writin', Glanton Gang, Harold Bloom, Heart of Darkness, Hombre, Moby-Dick, No Country for Old Men, Patrick O'Brian, Philip Roth, Thomas Pynchon, Valdez is Coming, westerns
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