The Day of Creation
‘Classic Ballard. Mesmerising. No one writes with such haunting impact’ William Boyd
‘Classic Ballard. Mesmerising. No one writes with such haunting impact’ William Boyd
A glittering geographic tour of the remarkable history, peoples, climate, creatures, sights and sounds of the largest and most austere desert on earth.
Private McAuslan was ‘the biggest walking disaster to hit the Army’. Loosely based on his own experiences in a Scottish regiment, and written with rare humour, a sense of the ludicrous and real affection for soldiering, this is the third volume of George MacDonald Fraser’s McAuslan trilogy.