Piece of Cake
Oct 2011 · Hachette UK
4.9star
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From the Phoney War of 1939 to the Battle of Britain in 1940, the pilots of Hornet Squadron learn their lessons the hard way. Hi-jinks are all very well on the ground, but once in a Hurricane's cockpit, the best killers keep their wits close.
Newly promoted Commanding Officer Fanny Barton has a job on to whip the Hornets into shape before they face the Luftwaffe's seasoned pilots. And sometimes Fighter Command, with its obsolete tactics and stiff doctrines, is the real menace.
As with all Robinson's novels, the raw dialogue, rich black humour and brilliantly rendered, adrenalin-packed dogfights bring the Battle of Britain, and the brave few who fought it, to life.
Newly promoted Commanding Officer Fanny Barton has a job on to whip the Hornets into shape before they face the Luftwaffe's seasoned pilots. And sometimes Fighter Command, with its obsolete tactics and stiff doctrines, is the real menace.
As with all Robinson's novels, the raw dialogue, rich black humour and brilliantly rendered, adrenalin-packed dogfights bring the Battle of Britain, and the brave few who fought it, to life.
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4.9
14 reviews
Richard Brown
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20 May 2019
Brilliant read that consumes you. Reading into the small hours of the morning fending off sleep to stay with the guys in Hornet Sqn. I read this book originally in 1983 when I was a young SAC in the RAF. It was an eye opener for me then and significantly changed my perceptions of the BofB. Now retired after 39 years in the Mob, I have re-read the book and still find it enthralling. The only negative aspect is the digital version has a number of spelling errors which force the reader to 'go round again.'
A Google user
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3 April 2023
Fabulous
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Derek Robinson, the son of a policeman, read history at Cambridge before working in advertising in London and New York. His novel Goshawk Squadron was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1973.
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