George Macdonald Fraser, he of Harry Flashman, The Steel Bonnets, Quartered Safe Out Here, and The General Danced at Dawn, died this week at the age of 82. I found this out via Lars Walker at Brandywine Books, who also links (via Blue Crab Boulevard) to a posthumous essay in which Fraser blasts “political correctness” and all that goes along with it. I couldn’t agree more.

Rest in peace, Mr. Fraser. You’ll be missed.