Derek Robinson, Hullo Russia, Goodbye England

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Same here, I exchanged a few e-mails with the man a while ago, I sent him some basic “fan mail” and he was polite and “chatty” in reply, my book is signed with a personal message to me, I’m chuffed with that !

got my copy last friday with a handwritten letter enclosed saying that he hoped it was hullo russia goodbye england I had enclosed a cheque for as I never wrote down what I was looking for Doh!!

Finished this today, its enjoyable and worth the self indulgent treat.

It got me digging into the V-Force at the Cuban Missile Crisis (the book says that the V-Force didn’t disperse, I thought they did)

If you see this around, I would recommend it.

You can, of course, borrow it from the library but you won’t get a note of thanks for buying it from one of the best writers of fiction about the RAF that there’s been.

Well, it gave me a kick anyway.

Tom

Same here, I exchanged a few e-mails with the man a while ago, I sent him some basic “fan mail” and he was polite and “chatty” in reply, my book is signed with a personal message to me, I’m chuffed with that !

You can, of course, borrow it from the library but you won’t get a note of thanks for buying it from one of the best writers of fiction about the RAF that there’s been.

Well, it gave me a kick anyway.

Tom

He says on his website that he is thankfull for being english so he can reach out to a large audience. I wrote mine in Norwegian, and I see all the problems it causes. There is a major audience worldwide, and I’m not reaching it by doing it in Norwegian. I’ll see about that translation now :p

My vote goes to ‘Goshawk Squadron’. Stunning tale! But I am biased because my aviation interest tends toward WW1…..

[QUOTE=’lectra;1493107]It does inded.

I enjoyed it, a good read but don’t expect anything to come close to ‘Piece Of Cake’

I got a copy from the local library, £15 for any paperback, let alone one with such bloody awful cover art and badly presented blurb on the back cover is a lot of money indeed.[/QUOTE]

It is a lot I agree, it was an impluse treat for myself. My view (when explaining the cheque stub to the Mrs…) was £15 for however many hours entertainment is good value. I’ve paid £60 for a dull football match, £30 for the family to sit through naff films (Horton Gives a Hoot…. daddy didn’t give a **** !).:rolleyes:

I read the first 70 odd pages last night, it moves along swiftly and while I think “Piece Of Cake” is his best by far, this is well worth a read and I’m looking forward to getting back into it tonight.

It does inded.

I enjoyed it, a good read but don’t expect anything to come close to ‘Piece Of Cake’

I got a copy from the local library, £15 for any paperback, let alone one with such bloody awful cover art and badly presented blurb on the back cover is a lot of money indeed.

I’ll stand corrected, but I think this book contains P.O. Silk, from Robinson’s “Damned Good Show”?

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thanks for this have been a big Derek Robinson fan for years, have just sent away my order