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Goshawk Squadron / Derek Robinson.

by Robinson, Derek, 1932 April 12-

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Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005.

Air pilots, Military -- Fiction.

World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British -- Fiction.

9780786715954 (trade pbk.)

0786715952 (trade pbk.)

230 p. ; 20 cm.

"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."--From publisher.

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