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Goshawk Squadron

by: Derek Robinson

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780786715954
ISBN: 0786715952
Label: Da Capo Press
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: October 12, 2005
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Sales Rank: 161987
Studio: Da Capo Press



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Set during the height of World War I in January 1918, Goshawk Squadron follows the misfortunes of a British flight squadron on the Western Front. For Stanley Woolley, commanding officer of Goshawk Squadron, the romance of chivalry in the clouds is just a myth. The code he drums into his men is simple and savage: shoot the enemy in the back before he knows you're there. Even so, he believes the whole squadron will be dead within three months.

A monumental work at the time of its original release, Booker-shortlisted Goshawk Squadron is now viewed as a classic in the mode of Catch 22. Wry, brutal, cynical and hilarious, the men of Robinson's squadron are themselves an embodiment of the maddening contradictions of war: as much a refined troop of British gentleman as they are a viscous band of brothers hell-bent on staying alive and winning the war.



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - An anti-war book with dry, British humour
_Goshawk Squadron_ tells the story of a WWI squadron of pilots in the winter and spring of 1918. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Nothing Woolley here...
This is a stunning book. Wonderful characters, biting humour. This would make an absolutely stunning ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - goshawk squadron
Excellent book with truly dramatic descriptions of WW1 flying and ground wars and their impacts on British ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The RFC without the glamour
Like most others I know of who have read Derek Robinson's novels of British fliers in WWI and WWII, I think ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Why is this book in the fiction section?
It is still the same today...and probably always will be.
Retired USAF Pilot (220 combat missions per ... Read More

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