Long John Silver
by Björn Larsson · first published 1995
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"Long John Silver" by Larsson (https://www.amazon.com/Long-John-Silver-Bjorn-Larsson/dp/186...). I have read some other books by Larsson, but this is definitely the one I liked more. It is sort of a retelling of "Treasure…
on “Ask HN: What are some great books that are relatively unknown in the US?” ↗…pious and good. However, in the case of Treasure Island, these niggles are more than rectified by the introduction of a great supporting cast of villains including Billy Bones, Blind Pew and, of course Long John Silver. I don't know if Robert Louis Stevenson intended this, or I'm putting our contemporary preference for 'flawed heroes' onto what he wrote. But, unusually for novels of that era the 'baddies' in Treasure…
on “Ask HN: Good books written before ~1900?” ↗