It's Me Again
by Donald Jack
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Pub Date 23 Feb 2017 | Archive Date 21 Jun 2017
Description
“I enjoyed every word . . . terrifically funny.” P.G. Wodehouse
As usual the RAF top brass don't know what to do with maverick flying ace and well-known loose cannon Major Bartholomew Bandy.
They pack him off to a squadron where everything’s as smart as paint and the flying record barely registers, thinking it'll keep him out of their hair. But after a shaky start Bart gets a firm grip on things – one of those things being the adjutant, who jealously guards his own private and baroquely magnificent WC.
With old pal Dick Milestone, Bart reinvigorates the superbly turned out but demoralized pilots, who start doing some serious flying and very serious damage to the enemy, in the notoriously tricky new Dolphin Camels.
With the blackest of black comedy and seat-of-the pants escapades, Donald Jack’s series about a young pilot makes the War to End All Wars come roaring to life.
A Note From the Publisher
Not available for readers in USA/Canada
Advance Praise
Reviews of The Bandy Papers series:
“Funny. Very. Donald Jack has as light a touch with this fragile art as his hero has on throttle of a Sopwith Camel. Excessive corn is avoided in favour of wit and a delight in life.” New York Times
"Jack does more than play it for laughs . . . The mingling of humor and horror is like a clown tap-dancing on a coffin, but Jack is skillful enough to get away with it." Time Magazine
“For those to whom Bandy is a newcomer, what a treat is in store.” Toronto Star
“To know Bandy is to love him . . . you tend to gallop through and come hurtling out at the end panting for more.” The Sunday Sun
"I enjoyed every word . . . terrifically funny." P.G. Wodehouse
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781911440611 |
| PRICE | £2.99 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
William W, Reviewer
A dark period of Brandy’s career. After too short a period enjoying married life Brandy is sent back into battle in command of a non descript squadron of the RFC. This he welds into an effective fighting force with many victories. While leading a flight over enemy lines they meet up with a German ace with a superior machine and they all get shot down but Brandy survives and escapes to returns home on leave a hero only to find his wife dying a victim of a flu epidemic. Although distraught he is sent on a short trip back to Canada for a hero’s reception. On his return he is sent to Russia. While in transit he distracts himself by learning Russian and is befriended by a Russia General and learns to give way to grief and so mourns his loss wife. In Russia he becomes involved with leading units of the White army which he does with distinction and returns back once more a hero.. The war has ended and he returns to Canada and the bosom of a his family facing life once more as a nobody.
Robert L, Reviewer
The third instalment of the Bandy Papers, and I'm glad to report that it continues to be the comic masterpiece promised by the first volume. These books are, if you can picture this, kin to Flashman and Blackadder, with PG Wodehouse as one parent and Caryl Brahms as the other. It's a very difficult thing to pull off a story dealing with the events of WWI and the Russian Civil War (including deep personal loss on the part of the protagonist) and make the governing tone uproariously funny while covering up none of the horrors. - but Donald Jack manages it with élan. Our unlikely hero is so believable one would swear the reader is rooting for a real person. Extremely highly recommended (but start with Book 1!).
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