The Sheikh and the Dustbin by George Macdonald Fraser

The Sheikh and the Dustbin by George Macdonald Fraser

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 Frasers McAuslan trilogy.

‘Thanks to Fraser’s passion for history, his rare gift for rattling narrative and his infectious delight in robust, rollicking language, we can rejoice in a work of genius worthy of being ranked with PG. Wodehouse – there can be no higher accolade’—Daily Telegraph

‘Written with the kind of unaffected vigour which has characterised the greatest British humorists, these stories do for the Scots what Flann O’Brien did for the Irish and P.G. Wodehouse for the English’—Daily Mail

‘The third McAuslan volume should certainly be among the first books you pack this or any other holiday season’—The Times

‘One takes leave of these characters with real and grateful regret’—Sunday Times

‘It’s a while since I enjoyed a book so much, and once I’d finished it, I felt like starting it all over again’—Glasgow Evening Times

‘It’s great fun and rings true: a Highland Fling of a book’—Eric Linklater, author of The Wind on the Moon

‘The greatest book about soldiers since Ian Hay wrote The First Hundred Thousand … MacDonald Fraser is magnificent’—Eric Hiscock, author of Around the World in Wanderer III

‘As well as providing a fine assortment of treats, George MacDonald Fraser is a marvellous reporter and a first-rate historical novelist’—Kingsley Amis, author of Lucky Jim

Best known as the author of the famous Flashman Papers, George MacDonald Fraser (1925-2008) served in both the Border Regiment in Burma during the war and in the Gordon Highlanders. After the war he worked on newspapers in Britain and Canada, and became deputy editor of the Glasgow Herald. In addition to his novels and works of non-fiction, he wrote numerous screenplays, most notably The Three Musketeers, Royal Flash and the James Bond film, Octopussy, and worked on scripts including Force 10 from Navarone and Superman II.

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ISBN 13	9780006176756
ISBN 10	0006176755
Title	The Sheikh and the Dustbin
Author	George Macdonald Fraser
Series	The Mcauslan Stories
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	1996-01-08
Number of pages	192
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.