Soldier Erect: or Further Adventures of the Hand-Reared Boy — Brian W. Aldiss

The ebullient ‘average-man' hero of The Hand-Reared Boy is now a year older. He is on excellent form when his regiment is despatched overseas to India to become part of the unforgettable Forgotten Army, were heat and dust are in conflict with the sexual urges of the young soldiers.

Once in Burma, the men are plunged into the Battle of Kohima. The sexuality and blunt language of fighting men in crisis is humorously conveyed in this, the onl