Description
It's 1917, and Captain Stanley Woolley joins an R.F.C. squadron whose pilots are starting to fear the worst: their war over the Western Front may go on for years. A pilot's life is usually short, so while it lasts it is celebrated strenuously. Distractions from the brutality of the air war include British nurses; eccentric Russian pilots; bureaucratic battles over the plum-jam ration; rat-hunting with Very pistols; and the C.O.'s patent, potent cocktail, known as 'Hornet's Sting'. But as the summer offensives boil up, none of these can offer any lasting comfort.
About the Author
Derek Robinson read history at Cambridge before working in advertising in London and New York. Goshawk Squadron was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1971.
Book Information
ISBN 9780857052254
Author Derek Robinson
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint MacLehose Press
Publisher Quercus Publishing
Weight(grams) 302g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 29mm
About the Author
Derek Robinson read history at Cambridge before working in advertising in London and New York. Goshawk Squadron was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1971.
Book Information
ISBN 9780857052254
Author Derek Robinson
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint MacLehose Press
Publisher Quercus Publishing
Weight(grams) 302g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 29mm
