WAR CRACKER IN FROM COLD HULLO RUSSIA, GOODBYE ENGLAND by Derek Robinson (Whistle Books, £15) Matthew Nixson, News of the World 10th May 2009 SHORTLISTED for the Booker Prize for Goshawk Squadron, his brilliant 1973 novel about the Royal Flying corps, Derek Robinson found his latest book rejected by publishers. Fortunately
for readers, he has put it out himself, shaming an industry that
publishes novels by Jordan - and delivering another cracker of a
read. Recommissioned back into the RAF at the height of the Cold
War, veteran WWII pilot Flight Lieutenant Silk is trained to fly ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |