The Glasshouse

Austria, 1945.

World War II is drawing to a close, but RAF signals clerk David Fraser is only just beginning a 112 day sentence at the infamous Glasshouse military prison.

The name alone is enough to have the bravest of soldiers quaking in their boots.

For the prisoners, their stay is an unimaginable nightmare of physical and mental torture.

For the guards, it provides an unrivalled outlet for their own anger and frustration.

It’s not long before Fraser’s defiant attitude begins to merit the unwanted attention of the sadistic prison wardens.

Staff Evans quickly forms a relentless vendetta against Fraser, taking delight in watching him inch ever closer to breaking point.

But following the announcement of Japan’s surrender, will the end of the war come too late for Fraser and his sanity?

Will he be able to survive the psychological torment, physical punishment and endless solitary confinement?

Or will he be just another victim of the Glasshouse?

Based on Allan Campbell McLean’s own 56-day incarceration, ‘The Glasshouse’ is a terrifyingly realistic portrayal of life in a British Military Prison.

‘Prepare to be harrowed by this chilling story of an RAF erk in ‘the glasshouse’ – politely called a British Army Field Punishment Centre – in reality a hell-hole of sadism, crippling physical labour and mind-destroying solitary confinement.’ Daily Express

‘Poignant as well as horrifying; you will need to bring your strongest stomach to it.’ Irish Times

‘A hard, truthful novel about a closed society which comparatively few people knew about, and he has got the cruelty, the language, and, above all, the vicious infantilism of the staff dead right … a powerful piece of writing.’ New Statesman

‘Mr McLean has some pretty frightening things to say about a British glasshouse in Austria in 1945 … Some of the activities in the confinement cells would have brought a grin of approval from the recently beaten enemy … Very well told.’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Extremely well written, spare, direct and violent in style, understanding of the limitations and reasons of men’s actions, both believable and convincing – not always the same thing.’ Tribune

Allan Campbell McLean (1922-1989) served for four years in the Western Desert during the war. His novel The Islander won the Frederick Niven Award in 1962 and his other books include, The Master of Morgana, Storm Over Skye, A Sound of Trumpets and The Year of the Stranger. He lived in a croft house on the Isle of Skye with his wife and children.

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