First Time Solo

A distinctive debut novel by a mature new voice sheds light on a previously neglected aspect of war, its casualties and victims, and those forces unleashed by a conflict that changed the world forever It''s 1943 and Jack Devine, a farmer''s son from the rural North of Scotland, is finally called up to the RAF. Jack dreams of becoming a pilot, breaking hearts, and returning home a hero. The realities of training are very different, with boredom, bullying, and casual violence the norm. Drawn together by a love of jazz music, Jack makes friends with Terry, a worldly Welshman dabbling in the bla.

שנה

2014

שפה

English

הוצאה

Freight Books

מהדורות

1

עמודים

295

ISBN

9781908754622

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata