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:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Minor stain to top-edge.
High above the frost-bitten skies of wartime England, young American fighter pilots escort bomber formations deep into Nazi-occupied Europe, where every mission could be their last — and Goodbye Mickey Mouse is Len Deighton's gripping, meticulously researched tribute to the men of the U.S. Army Air Force's Eighth Air Force. At the heart of the story are two P-51 Mustang pilots, the seasoned Captain Jamie Farebrother and the brash, glory-hungry Mickey Morse, whose contrasting personalities ignite a rivalry and a friendship forged in the crucible of aerial combat. Against a backdrop of English village life, transatlantic romance, and the grinding machinery of military bureaucracy, Deighton charts the psychological toll of war with the same precision his pilots use to plot their courses over enemy territory. A master of the espionage and wartime thriller genre, Deighton brings his trademark blend of technical authenticity and human drama to bear, crafting a narrative that is as much about courage, loyalty, and class as it is about aerial warfare. The novel stands as a powerful companion piece to his celebrated Bomber, cementing his reputation as one of the preeminent chroniclers of the Second World War in popular fiction. Rich with period detail — from the roar of Merlin engines to the smoky warmth of an English pub — this is a story that asks what it truly costs a man to survive when so many around him do not.
Author: Len Deighton
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Hutchinson
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Minor stain to top-edge.
High above the frost-bitten skies of wartime England, young American fighter pilots escort bomber formations deep into Nazi-occupied Europe, where every mission could be their last — and Goodbye Mickey Mouse is Len Deighton's gripping, meticulously researched tribute to the men of the U.S. Army Air Force's Eighth Air Force. At the heart of the story are two P-51 Mustang pilots, the seasoned Captain Jamie Farebrother and the brash, glory-hungry Mickey Morse, whose contrasting personalities ignite a rivalry and a friendship forged in the crucible of aerial combat. Against a backdrop of English village life, transatlantic romance, and the grinding machinery of military bureaucracy, Deighton charts the psychological toll of war with the same precision his pilots use to plot their courses over enemy territory. A master of the espionage and wartime thriller genre, Deighton brings his trademark blend of technical authenticity and human drama to bear, crafting a narrative that is as much about courage, loyalty, and class as it is about aerial warfare. The novel stands as a powerful companion piece to his celebrated Bomber, cementing his reputation as one of the preeminent chroniclers of the Second World War in popular fiction. Rich with period detail — from the roar of Merlin engines to the smoky warmth of an English pub — this is a story that asks what it truly costs a man to survive when so many around him do not.