All in It

“Where is your iron ration?” “Blawn oot o’ ma pooch, sirr!” K(1)’s battered soldiers answer the roll-call of their missing kit with a joke—and Lieutenant Bobby Little is already imagining the regiment rebuilt.

Ian Hay’s First World War novel follows a Scottish regiment from the mud of Béthune to the exposed, twisting trench-lines of Belgium, where hills give the enemy a view of almost every move. After a battle that has thinned their ranks, Bobby expects food, sleep and time to refit; instead, the men get two days’ rest before being sent straight back to a hot sector. Promotions, new recruits and familiar banter help them find their feet, but shells fall among the dug-outs and the cemetery alike. How long can K(1) keep its humor—and its footing—under fire?

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