Goodbye Mickey Mouse
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Goodbye Mickey Mouse is a gripping World War II novel set against the dangerous skies over wartime Europe, chronicling the lives of American P-51 Mustang fighter pilots stationed in England as they undertake perilous daylight bombing escort missions over Nazi Germany. Len Deighton masterfully captures the camaraderie, tension, and fatalism that defined these young airmen, weaving together personal relationships — including a romance between an American pilot and an English woman — with the relentless machinery of aerial combat. Written with Deighton's trademark meticulous research and insider authenticity, the narrative presents the human cost of war with both emotional depth and technical precision. The novel stands as one of the finest fictional accounts of the United States Army Air Forces in the European Theatre, uniting nail-biting action sequences with an unflinching portrayal of loss, loyalty, and the randomness of survival.
Author: Len Deighton
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Hutchinson
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Goodbye Mickey Mouse is a gripping World War II novel set against the dangerous skies over wartime Europe, chronicling the lives of American P-51 Mustang fighter pilots stationed in England as they undertake perilous daylight bombing escort missions over Nazi Germany. Len Deighton masterfully captures the camaraderie, tension, and fatalism that defined these young airmen, weaving together personal relationships — including a romance between an American pilot and an English woman — with the relentless machinery of aerial combat. Written with Deighton's trademark meticulous research and insider authenticity, the narrative presents the human cost of war with both emotional depth and technical precision. The novel stands as one of the finest fictional accounts of the United States Army Air Forces in the European Theatre, uniting nail-biting action sequences with an unflinching portrayal of loss, loyalty, and the randomness of survival.