Piece of Cake (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS) - Softcover

Robinson, Derek

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9780304363124: Piece of Cake (CASSELL MILITARY PAPERBACKS)

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ISBN 10: 030436312X ISBN 13: 9780304363124

Publisher: Phoenix, 2002

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Derek Robinson�s depiction of an RAF fighter squadron during the Battle for France and the Battle of Britain won critical acclaim but upset the Daily Telegraph-reading public. His pilots were real human beings, far from convinced of the wisdom of their military leaders or that of Churchill, for that matter. The likelihood of being burned to death in a Hurricane concentrated their minds on other things. Some turned to drink. Some turned on their own in order to survive. Others, most notably the brilliantly drawn anti-hero Flight Lieutenant �Moggy� Cattermaul, scored a succession of aerial victories even if his behaviour on the ground was utterly unforgivable. A vivid and unforgettable portrait of young men at war: real men, not the two-dimensional stiff-upper-lip heroes of legend.

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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)

Book Description:

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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