Piece of Cake

Zusatztext 'Robinson is probably the best novelist ever to write about fighter combat: surprising! hyper-realistic and very! very dark' Spectator. Informationen zum Autor Derek Robinson, the son of a policeman, read history at Cambridge before working in advertising in London and New York. His novel Goshawk Squadron was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1971. Klappentext From the Phoney War of 1939 to the Battle of Britain in 1940, the pilots of Hornet Squadron learn their lessons the hard way. Hi-jinks are all very well on the ground, but once in a Hurricane's cockpit, the best killers keep their wits close. Newly promoted Commanding Officer Fanny Barton has a job on to whip the Hornets into shape before they face the Luftwaffe's seasoned pilots. And sometimes Fighter Command, with its obsolete tactics and stiff doctrines, is the real menace. As with all Robinson's novels, the raw dialogue, rich black humour and brilliantly rendered, adrenalin-packed dogfights bring the Battle of Britain, and the brave few who fought it, to life. Zusammenfassung With Hornets falling like flies, the Battle of Britain is no piece of cake.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Derek Robinson
• Editore: Quercus Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2012
• EAN: 9780857050939
• ISBN: 978-0-85705-093-9
• Pagine: 720
• Dimensioni: 132 mm x 198 mm x 45 mm
• Serie: MacLehose Press; R.A.F. Quartet; R.A.F. Quartet
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Saggistica; FICTION / Historical / World War II, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / Aviation, Second World War, Aviation skills / piloting