A semi-fictional (as in, just enough has been changed to avoid libel) pseudo-memoir of life in a post-World War Two Highland regiment. While titled for McAuslan, the "Dirtiest Soldier in the World," a number of the stories either don't involve McAuslan at all, or only in minor, tangential ways (though his presence throughout the book certainly makes itself known). Rather, Fraser presents a number of recollections, often funny, sometimes heartwarming, of his military days through the persona of Lt. Dand McNeill.

This was picked up on a total whim, as military stories (fictional or non) aren't my usual interest, but I ended up greatly enjoying it...enough to occasionally mildly annoy my girlfriend, who was reading far more serious works and would occasionally find her her Very Serious Moments interrupted by my laughter at some antic or another.

Definitely worth a read, especially if any or all of post-WWII Scottish Highland military history, football (soccer, that is), the Middle East, and dirty, scruffy, incompetent (but somehow ultimately somewhat lovable) louts strike any interest.