Goshawk Squadron (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786715954)

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.

Author: Derek Robinson
ISBN-10: 0786715952
ISBN-13: 9780786715954
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 10/13/2005
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.22w x 0.71d