Synopsis
Chronicles the training and seasoning of a squadron of young R.A.F. pilots, including a brilliant, dominating American, in the twelve months leading up to the Battle of Britain
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Review
'An outstanding novelist's brilliantly researched portrait of the war in the air and the men who fought it' Max Hastings. (Max Hastings)
'The dialogue is convincing, the story is emotionally moving and it contains some of the best descriptions of battle I've read' Time Out. (Time Out)
'Robinson is probably the best novelist ever to write about fighter combat: surprising, hyper-realistic and very, very dark' Spectator. (Spectator)
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A brilliant tragi-comic and highly controversial novel about the RAF and the Battle of Britain, regarded as a classic of modern war literature.
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