RIP Wilbur Smith

[hidetheelephants]

I read a lot of his books as a teenager, often pretty misogynist and racist in retrospect but generally entertaining. His later ones were a bit hit and miss. "The eye of the tiger" is probably my favourite.

Edited by hidetheelephants on Sunday 14th November 06:14

[mick987]

Growing up in the slums of Glasgow his books was a great way to escape from reality, you could taste the heat of Africa through his writing.
RIP

[clive_candy]

Staple reading back in the day!

[evenflow]

Some absolutely cracking novels, although the later ones began to decline in quality imo.
River God is incredible, and the early Courtney series are yarns you can get properly lost in.

[droopsnoot]

Oh, that's sad news. I also read a lot of his earlier stuff and although I don't like stuff set in any kind of historical times, I did enjoy his "Courtney" series.

[andymc]

agreed, loved his books, not so much his last few as they have had another writer on board