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Original Title:	The General Danced at Dawn
ISBN:	000617681X (ISBN13: 9780006176817)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	McAuslan

The General Danced at Dawn (McAuslan)

George MacDonald Fraser

Paperback | Pages: 192 pages

Rating: 4.21 | 366 Users | 29 Reviews

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Title	:	The General Danced at Dawn (McAuslan)
Author	:	George MacDonald Fraser
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 192 pages
Published	:	January 8th 1996 by HarperCollins (first published January 1st 1970)
Categories	:	Fiction. Humor. Historical. Historical Fiction

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After the ponderous tome Blue Mars, I read this hilarious little short story collection in a couple of hours. It centres on fictional Highland battalion in the years after WWII. The attitudes are therefore, shall we say, of their time. There’s bit of racism, antisemitism, and general colonial arrogance, however as it is inevitably white men who come off looking like idiots, this can be treated as historical. The stories follow roughly chronological order, as the narrator gets into officer training, is assigned a battalion, and learns their quirks. Once said quirks become clear, the stories become very funny indeed. I even found a football match entertaining, mainly because of how much money was riding on it.

If you’ve enjoyed M*A*S*H in film, TV, or book forms, you’ll also enjoy ‘The General Danced at Dawn’. The tone and spirit are very similar, albeit Scottish rather than American. Thus the importance of kilts, whisky, and Highland dancing. Edinburgh Castle is the setting for the latter few stories. The most entertaining recurring character is Private McAuslan, the dirtiest soldier in the world. He stars in the final and best story, ‘McAuslan’s Court-Martial’. This farcical triumph of the underdog demonstrates the fundamental absurdity of the army and made me laugh aloud several times. The whole book is worth reading for that story alone, but to get its full impact you must be aware of everything that came before. I seem to recall reading the first Flashman book, also by George Macdonald Fraser, many years ago and finding the main character very unpleasant. ‘The General Danced at Dawn’ is much more fun, as it undermines the dignity and pretensions of every character with great wit and verve.

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This is a set of linked short stories about an officer's experiences in the British army (Highland regiment) right after World War II. It was given to me by someone who knows I played the bagpipes, and the book is definitely for a reader who likes 1) Scottish personalities and dialects, 2) British army life, or 3) regimental humor. It IS funny, especially knowing some of the inside jokes, and I enjoyed reading the story about a legendary piper, because I knew all the tunes referred to.

It was due and I gave up.

Notes of Flashman, but less 'funny' and more fun. Good-natured and sympathetic humour, with a subtle lesson dropped in here and there. Good value.

Reread, and not quite so good as I recalled. But still, a solid 3-star book. He was quite a writer, and if you missed these books, you may want to seek them out.Memorable moments: Private McAuslan, the dirtiest soldier in the Army. Who redeems himself (somewhat)) at the end. The unknown Arab who stops the Cairo-Jerusalem train, to warn of a sabotaged(?) loose rail. The Highland Dances! The junior officers had to practice them every week!As always, read the head blurb first. What it doesn't tell

The General Danced at Dawn is the first book in a set of three semi-fictional memoirs of Lieutenant Dand McNeill, based on the first-hand experiences of George Macdonald Fraser. The book has a weak overall story arc, consisting of a set of anecdotes about various incidents, as McNeill makes his way from Burma, via the Middle East, to Edinburgh. Told in a light-hearted fashion, each of the stories has a humorous tone, being more amusing than laugh-out loud, as McNeill blunders through various

This is the first book in a trilogy. It is a series of short stories that make up a fake memoir of a junior officer in a Highland Regiment at the end of World War II, based on the author's experiences in the army. The stories are told with a mix of dry humour and nostalgia. Many of the characters are easily imagined, even if they are also so over the top as to be unbelievable. This is a quick read and military knowledge is not required. But I have trouble believing Scottish soldiers really say

A book full of stories about the military life.There's a note that it's all fiction, but if you read the whole series, the afterword to the third book explains the meaning of it. (His old colonel regarded that statement as a libelous lie. He wasn't fictitious.)How our narrator came to be an officer; it involved losing his pants. Also Hogomanay Night, various discipline problems within the ranks -- one of them with a full-blown court martial -- and our narrator's adventures with a train and a