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Book SynopsisOn the run, ex-fighter pilot Bart Bandy finds his life starting to unravel.
Flying to Britain in his self-designed amphibious aircraft, Bart makes a forced landing in Reykjavik, is rescued by a beautiful but bossy blonde who takes a shine to him, and finally sinks his precious plane in the drink while saving the life of a novice pilot who has come down in the North Sea.
The boy turns out to be the son of a fabulously rich Indian maharajah, whose shopping list features a complete airforce full of pilots and planes. As Bart can barely scrape together fourpence ha’penny for a pint of beer these days, it looks like his luck has turned . . .
With the blackest of black comedy and seat-of-the pants escapades, Donald Jack’s series about a young pilot is uniquely funny and compelling.
Trade ReviewPraise for
The Bandy Papers Series
'I enjoyed every word . . . terrifically funny' P.G. Wodehouse
'The Bandy Papers deserve to be read in private where insane giggling can go unnoticed' Jack Granatstein
'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
'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
'Bartholomew Bandy is the most remarkable hero (or anti-hero) since Harold Lloyd impersonated the Freshman' Chicago Tribune
'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
'For those to whom Bandy is a newcomer, what a treat is in store' Toronto Star
