Travis Thompson had been a hard-hitting investigative journalist. Now he wore blue tights and a bright red codpiece, and rode a horse around a world which resembled a second-rate medieveal movie set. Jack the demon told him he'd been transported here by magic, but Travis knew it couldn't be real. Right? But whatever the truth, he had to find his way home. He hadn't even cancelled the milk. Mind you, the cross-dressing princess was very beautiful, and Travis supposed you could get used to goats' testicles stew if it was your basic diet for long enough...
Combining the black, sexy drollness of Tom Sharpe with humorous fantasy, DAMNED AND FANCY will appeal to anybody with a funnybone or two. It is the first novel in a hugely funny series from John Brosnan.
John Raymond Brosnan was an Australian writer of both fiction and non-fiction works based around the fantasy and science fiction genres. He was born in Perth, Western Australia, and died in South Harrow, London, from acute pancreatitis. He sometimes published under the pseudonyms Harry Adam Knight, Simon Ian Childer (both sometimes used together with Leroy Kettle), James Blackstone (used together with John Baxter), and John Raymond. Three not very successful movies were based on his novels–Beyond Bedlam (aka Nightscare), Proteus (based on Slimer), and Carnosaur. In addition to science fiction, he also wrote a number of books about cinema and was a regular columnist with the popular UK magazine Starburst.
It's really fun, Brosnan was a great author. I found myself not really sympathising with the protagonist, but thoroughly enjoying seeing him fumble and go on his quest. Only disappointing thing is it was rather short, my edition a mere 180-something pages. The second book I started on is even shorter.