Goshawk Squadron - Couverture souple

Robinson, Derek

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0857052241 ISBN 13 : 9780857052247

Editeur : MacLehose Press, 2013

Synopsis

World War One pilots were the knights of the sky, and the press and public idolised them as gallant young heroes.

At just twenty-three, Major Stanley Woolley is the old man and commanding officer of Goshawk Squadron. He abhors any notion of chivalry in the clouds and is determined to obliterate the decent, gentlemanly outlook of his young, public school-educated pilots - for their own good.

But as the war goes on he is forced to throw greener and greener pilots into the meat grinder. Goshawk Squadron finds its gallows humour and black camaraderie no defence against a Spandau bullet to the back of the head.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: MacLehose Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0857052241
• ISBN 13: 9780857052247
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible