A review by tmarthal
The Wizard by Gene Wolfe

I love Gene Wolfe. This is the only High Fantasy/American Transplant series that I truly enjoyed. Most likely because the author does not explicitly try to explain the world and its relationship to America and Earth, and instead leaves it to the reader to understand what their relationships are. You are free to interpret the protagonist like a Thomas Convenant or Conan the Barbarian; the exact situation is up to you.