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Bomber

By: Len Deighton, Malcolm Gladwell (Introduction)
Narrated by: Richard Burnip, Malcolm Gladwell (Introduction), Len Deighton (Author's Note)
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Len Deighton—one of the masters of twentieth-century espionage fiction—combines his expertise as both historian and novelist in Bomber, the classic World War II novel that relates, in devastating detail, the twenty-four-hour story of an allied bombing raid.

Skilled Royal Air Force bomber pilot Sam Lambert is exhausted, and his veteran crewmen have just been replaced by an inexperienced new team. Victor von Löwenherz, a German night fighter pilot who intercepts RAF bombers in his Junkers Ju 88, looks on with horror at the Nazi regime. And Hansl, a German boy in the small market town of Altgarten, sleeps at home. Lambert and his crew prepare for a bombing raid on the Ruhr area. It’s a night that many will never forget.

Bomber is a masterful, gripping minute-by-minute account of what occurs over the next twenty-four hours. Told through the eyes of protag­onists on all sides and astonishingly precise in its depictions of planes, weapons, and behind-the-scenes war strategy, this is Len Deighton at his best. An unforgettable portrait of war, both in the air and on the ground.

Now including a new introduction from Len Deighton fan and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell.

©1970 Pluriform Publishing Company BV. Afterword copyright © 2009 by Pluriform Publishing Company BV. (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

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Amazing Story and Narration

An amazing story about a WWII bombing raid, on a small German town, told from a multitude of perspectives. Deighton at his best.

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A great insight into both sides of the conflict

The novel demonstrated how a diverse group of people react to the stress of war.

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24 hrs of a single bombing raid on a fictional town

Shows impact of a single bombing raid on a small fictional village during WW II in Europe from the perspective of the flight crews conducting the raid, the flight crews and ground forces defending against the raid and the villagers impacted. Brave people under a horror. Great read.

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Great writing, awful narrartion

Finally had to buy the Kindle edition. Halfway through the Audible, realized the narrator so confused the characters that it was impossible to keep them straight. Wish there were a way, other than a short Audible sample, to avoid this.

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