![]() ![]() ![]() No, that’s not really why you read these novels. In the two and a half novels I’ve read, there’s only the vaguest ghost of a plot, and a slightly less-vague attempt at characterization that often just devolves into racial stereotypes. In the Jennings brand of historical fiction, the history only serves as a backdrop for some truly bizarre sexual escapades. ![]() Unless you’ve read Jennings, it’s hard to imagine how utterly depraved his novels are (and I don’t use that term lightly), or how unintentionally hilarious for how hard they try. It’s a dark, bile-filled corner of my heart, and a physician should probably remove it as soon as possible, but as long as it remains, I acknowledge that Gary Jennings (1928-1999) was the uncontested absolute grand master of the field. There’s a very special place in my heart for a little subgenre I like to call “historical-pornographic fiction”. ![]()
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