Book description
From the author of the ever-popular Flashman novels, a collection of
film-world reminiscences and trenchant thoughts on Cool Britannia, New
Labour and other abominations.
In between writing Flashman novels, George MacDonald Fraser spent
thirty years as an "incurably star struck" screenwriter,
working with the likes of Steve McQueen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cubby
Broccoli, Burt Lancaster, Federico Fellini and Oliver Reed. Now he
shares his recollections of those encounters, providing a fascinating
glimpse behind the scenes.
Far from starry-eyed where Tony Blair & Co are concerned, he looks
back also to the Britain of his youth and castigates those responsible
for its decline to "a Third World country … misruled by a typical
Third World government, corrupt, incompetent and undemocratic".
Controversial, witty and revealing - or "curmudgeonly",
"reactionary", "undiluted spleen", according to the
critics - The Light's on at Signpost has struck a chord with a great
section of the public. Perhaps, as one reader suggests, it should be
"hidden beneath the floorboards, before the Politically-Correct
Thought Police come hammering at the door, demanding to confiscate any
copies". Praise for George MacDonald Fraser:
'Thanks to Fraser's passion for history, his rare gift for rattling
narrative and his infectious delight in robust, rollicking language, we
can rejoice in a work of genius worthy of being ranked with - there can
be no higher accolade - P. G. Wodehouse' Daily Telegraph
'As well as providing a fine assortment of treats, George MacDonald
Fraser is a marvellous reporter and a first-rate historical novelist'
Kingsley Amis The author of the famous Flashman Papers and the Private
McAuslan stories, George MacDonald Fraser has worked on newspapers in
Britain and Canada. In addition to his novels he has also written
numerous films, most notably The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers,
and the James Bond film, Octopussy.
