Hitler Versus Me: v. 8 (The Bandy Papers) - Softcover

Jack, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0968802486 ISBN 13: 9780968802489

Publisher: Sybertooth Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Bandy is back! It's 1940, and the intrepid air ace of WWI is eager to join the fight against Germany. Unfortunately, everyone seems to think Bandy is too old to be flying Spitfires, and should go quietly into retirement to polish his medals and knighthoods. Bandy, however, has other ideas, and uses his friends and/or enemies in high places to manoeuvre himself into the Battle of Britain. Between being mistaken for a Nazi spy, a communist, or a Chelsea pensioner, Bandy has as much trouble on the ground as he has in the air with the Luftwaffe, and when his son arrives on the scene, his troubles only get worse. This edition also includes Donald Jack's novelette "Where Did Rafe Madison Go?" Jack wrote the story just as the fate of the Avro Arrow jet fighter was still up in the air (the first test flight taking place in March '58, and the programme's termination coming only four months after the story was published). In "Where Did Rafe Madison Go?" Jack imagines a future delta-winged descendant of the Arrow, the CF-108, and takes us through the RCAF court martial that is trying to uncover the explanation for the plane's mysterious disappearance, an incident that even the pilot, Rafe Madison, doesn't understand.

About this title

Review

"There are conversational non-sequiturs as dizzying as the air
battle sequences...a worthy addition to the Bandy canon" -- Star-Phoenix, Oct 5, 1996

"plenty of clever wordplay...nestled within a quick-moving plot
laced with situational humour"
-- Calgary Herald, Mar 22, 1997

About the Author

Donald Jack was born in England and served in the Royal Air Force in the Second World War before coming to Canada. He was known for his film and television scripts, and his plays. He is most widely remembered, however, for The Bandy Papers, a series of comic novels recounting the adventures of a blundering First World War hero who went on to fame and misfortune in the post-war world. The first six books in the series, Three Cheers For Me; That’s Me In The Middle; It’s Me Again; Me Bandy, You Cissie; Me Too and This One’s On Me were recently re-published by McClelland & Stewart. They gained no fewer than three Leacock Awards for Humour and the undying loyalty of Bandy fans everywhere.

Donald Jack passed away in 2003 at the age of 78.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybertooth Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0968802486
• ISBN 13: 9780968802489
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332