Goodbye Mickey Mouse, Len Deighton
Goodbye Mickey Mouse, Len Deighton
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Goodbye Mickey Mouse

Author: Len Deighton

Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Unabridged: 13 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/10/2024

Synopsis

Norfolk, December, 1943. A group of US fighter pilots is camped at an air base; their job is to escort bombers over Germany. Each mission could be their last. Goodbye Mickey Mouse is a vivid evocation of wartime England and a brilliant, multi-dimensional picture of what it is to be at war. At the center of the novel are two young men—Captain Jamie Farebrother, estranged son of a colonel, and cocky Lieutenant Mickey Morse (nicknamed "Mickey Mouse"), well on his way to becoming America's Number One Flying Ace. Bonded only by their courage in deadly circumstances, their friendship forged in battle results in consequences for themselves and those they love.

About Len Deighton

Len Deighton was born in London in 1929 and is considered one of the most important British espionage writers. He has written more than thirty books that range from historical fiction and dystopian alternative fiction to brilliant nonfiction on the Second World War.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on May 26, 2020

Goodbye Mickey Mouse was a compelling depiction of the experiences of USAAF airmen in 1944. Len Deighton is a great writer and he is in fine form here as he depicts the tensions between the American servicemen and the British civilians. The real strength of the book lies in his descriptions of the r......more

Goodreads review by Charlie on March 10, 2021

A great love story, beautifully written, against the terrifying backdrop of the WW2 air war.......more

Goodreads review by Simon on December 08, 2017

Originally published on my blog here in July 2004. It seems obvious to compare this novel set in an American fighter unit stationed on a Norfolk airfield in the Second World War with Deighton's earlier Bomber. But although the setting is similar, there are many differences between the novels, at seve......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on June 12, 2014

Maybe it was the visit to Arnhem and the D-Day remembrances but it was finally time to reread a book that has haunted me for years. When I was 16 this book broke my heart. Twenty pages from the end, with tears streaming down my face, I threw it into the sprinklers to ruin it and never finished it. T......more

Goodreads review by Chris on February 15, 2020

I've read some of Len Deighton's spy novels - pretty good stuff. So far this story is suggestive of "Twelve O'Clock High," and "Yanks" and maybe a smidge of "M.A.S.H." and "The Americanization of Emily." Even "Gravity's Rainbow" is related in some ways. From James Salter there's "Cassada" and "The H......more

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