BooksWe love books. Tell us about your favourite books and authors, and why they are so good. And while you're at it - having dined out for years on the time I threw Dan Brown out of a train window - tell us who to avoid.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 13:40)
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There are plenty of real-life books that are also horriffic,Boldness Be My Friend by Richard Pape is one which has some fairly nasty segments not just of the air war, but of the Polish Underground.
(as an aside, I've not read the book you mention, but the author appears to have not done the research: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Hornet)
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Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Fri 6 Jan 2012, 3:31,
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Author did a lot of researchHornet is the name of the squadron, they actually fly hurricanes, then spitfires. I've read a few biographies and memoirs of actual pilots from the time, and they are a good read. But Robinson stands out as being able to capture everything. Unfortunately I'm not too coherant at 1 in the morning to explain it properly.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piece_of_Cake_%28novel%29
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Greenbat, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 12:57,
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I take it back!First Light by Geoffrey Wellum id also a good read.
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Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 7 Jan 2012, 3:02,
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