Quartered Safe Out Here: A Recollection of the War in Burma

De: George MacDonald Fraser

Narrado por: David Case

George MacDonald Fraser—beloved for his series of Flashman historical novels—offers an action-packed memoir of his experiences in Burma during World War II.  Fraser was only 19 when he arrived there in the war’s final year, and he offers a first-hand glimpse at the camaraderie, danger, and satisfactions of service. A substantial Epilogue, occasioned by the 50th anniversary of VJ-Day in 1995, adds poignancy to a volume that eminent military historian John Keegan described as “one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War.”©2007 George MacDonald Fraser; (P)2010 Random House

Great book, flawed audio file

This was transferred from version for cassette, there's a missing segment before he announces 'cassette 3, side 1'. The gap covers 20 pages in my printed copy, 47 to 67.

Must Listen!

EXCELLENT story with OUTSTANDING narration! Mr. Case utilized a wide array of accents, which served to enrich the manuscript beyond expectations!

Little Known Pacific Campaign

George McDonald Fraser is at his best recounting his own experience with war in the brutal Burma campaign in WWII. What a fabulous tale of private soldiers. David Case’s narration is superb-Cumbrian accents, posh accents and Indian accents are no challenge to him. Both author and narrator excel in the encounter with Captain Grief. Highly recommended

Accents

GMF is one of my all time favourites, but I am not sure about the reader. GMF was Anglo-Scottish so why have a very upper class English drawl for the reading? Especially as he has to do the Cumbrian voices, which are so much of the magic of the book. I'm not sure if they are authentic,not being a Cumbrian but frequently they end up sounding like North country Daleks, which I suspect is not quite right!

But get past this, and the book itself is a wonder - Frasers unsentimental vivid ability to put you in the events with him is extraordinary, as is his ability to evoke characters and make the reader empathise with his pride in his comrades. And then there are the desperately moving or very funny set pieces - the scenes where the section share out the kit of a comrade killed in action, the looting of the air drop, and best of all GMF's speculating about what the section would have done if they'd been given the option of dropping the bomb or not, which truly raises the hairs on the back of your neck. And most of all the dialogue.

It pains me as a Flashman fan to say this, but this is the best GMF ever did.

Incredible and entertaining

David Case does a bang up job on Cumberland dialect. Story was engrossing as heck. Loved it!