Anyone who likes offbeat fantasy with a touch of humor and *hasn't* read Barry Hughart, needs to go and get his books right now. Go ahead, I'll wait.

Okay. Now read them. Preferably in order.

Done? Good.

Now for the bad news. There were meant to be seven of them. And it seems like there will not be any more. Due to being mismanaged by his publisher, it became more trouble than it was worth for Barry to keep writing.

There is some Barry Hughart information at http://www.barryhughart.org. Unfortunately, this page was copied from it's original location and there are still broken links back there. However, thanks to archive.org and it's Internet Wayback machine, I can provide the following links:

Interview with Barry in 2000.

The original page, last updated in 2003.

Enjoy!