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Man from UNCLE/Lord Peter Wimsey (PG) by azdak
Title: The Incident of the Fellow in the Fellows' Garden
Pairing: none (gen)
Length: novella length
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azdak
Author Website: MFU fic list on her LJ
Why this must be read:
I was going to ignore Crossover Day, because I don't really read crossovers--no philosophical objection, I just don't have enough fandoms to make many of them comprehensible. But then I realized that this tour de force hasn't been recced yet in either of its fandoms. You should read this even if you've never heard of Man from UNCLE or the Wimsey books, but if you know either or both fandoms, you must read it. It's a pure joy. It takes place at Cambridge University in 1955, and the two canons fit together seamlessly. There is a real plot, realistic historical background, and the character voices are absolutely, hilariously perfect.
There's Lord Peter, a bit more frail with age, but mentally as sharp as ever, Bunter, who doesn't seem to have lost a step, a suspicious suicide as one of the Fellows of Christ's College shoots himself with Milton's (!) pistol, and then there is the rude and surly Russian post graduate student who comes under suspicion. Go read--and whatever you do, do not, do not miss the epilogue where Bunter and Illya tangle with a surprising result.
The Incident of the Fellow in the Fellows' Garden
Pairing: none (gen)
Length: novella length
Author on LJ:
azdakAuthor Website: MFU fic list on her LJ
Why this must be read:
I was going to ignore Crossover Day, because I don't really read crossovers--no philosophical objection, I just don't have enough fandoms to make many of them comprehensible. But then I realized that this tour de force hasn't been recced yet in either of its fandoms. You should read this even if you've never heard of Man from UNCLE or the Wimsey books, but if you know either or both fandoms, you must read it. It's a pure joy. It takes place at Cambridge University in 1955, and the two canons fit together seamlessly. There is a real plot, realistic historical background, and the character voices are absolutely, hilariously perfect.
There's Lord Peter, a bit more frail with age, but mentally as sharp as ever, Bunter, who doesn't seem to have lost a step, a suspicious suicide as one of the Fellows of Christ's College shoots himself with Milton's (!) pistol, and then there is the rude and surly Russian post graduate student who comes under suspicion. Go read--and whatever you do, do not, do not miss the epilogue where Bunter and Illya tangle with a surprising result.
The Man of the Match, seated to his left, observed the hilarity with an air of sullen disapproval that Peter found rather provoking.
"Nice to see young people enjoying themselves, what?" he bellowed into Kuryakin's ear, over the noise of a particularly vulgar rendition of the Eton Boating Song.
"High Table certainly offers an excellent vantage point from which to observe the benefits conferred by a public school education," responded the Russian. Were it not for these outbursts, one might have thought him shy; but having been on the receiving end of rather more pieces of blistering sarcasm than was comfortable, Peter suspected it was camouflage. It seemed that, since pumping was getting him nowhere, he would have to try more direct methods.
The Incident of the Fellow in the Fellows' Garden
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