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A Good Clean Fight Free FREE A GOOD CLEAN FIGHT PDF Derek Robinson | 528 pages | 12 Jul 2016 | Quercus Publishing | 9780857051189 | English | London, United Kingdom Good Clean Fight (Video ) - IMDb Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. It's a classic Derek A Good Clean Fight story: three groups of men converge for a final battle in the A Good Clean Fight desert during World War II. An SAS patrol travels through the Sahara to attack a German airbase; a German intelligence officer sets out to settle a personal grudge; and the men from Hornet Squadron from Robinson's earlier Piece A Good Clean Fight Cake are overhead, committed to suicidal g It's a classic Derek Robinson story: three groups of men converge for a final battle in the western desert during World War II. An SAS patrol travels through the Sahara to attack a German airbase; a German intelligence officer sets out to settle a personal grudge; and the men from Hornet Squadron from Robinson's earlier Piece of Cake are overhead, committed to suicidal ground-attack missions to satisfy their commander. Fast-talking, darkly humorous, and stinging. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published May 1st by Cassell first published January 1st More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about A Good Clean Fightplease sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of A Good Clean Fight. Hornet Squadron, who figured prominently in Robinson's previous novel, "A Piece of Cake", is now stationed in North Africa, where they are tasked with fighting both Rommel's Afrika Korps and the Luftwaffe. This novel is peopled with a wide array of characters from both sides of the war who bring out both the life and death intensity of combat, as well as the absurdist nature of war itself. Reader, prepare yourself for an enjoyable experience. Jul 25, Matthew Willis rated it really liked it. Typically well written and compelling stuff from Robinson. Don't expect stirring tales of patriotism and sentimentality - this is war at its grubbiest, from the desert dust that penetrates everything, to the petty motivations that lead to casual, pointless suffering and death. Robinson has that rare knack of presenting a A Good Clean Fight that could barely be more anti-war in its sentiment, while dragging the reader along with the pulse-pounding excitement of the action. Hornet Squadron is back, and eve Typically A Good Clean Fight written and compelling stuff from Robinson. Hornet Squadron is back, and even more screwed up than they were in the Battle of France. Throw in an egotistical SAS commander and a meticulous German intelligence officer, and the result is frequently explosive. View 1 comment. Sep 13, Robert Hill rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Lovers of freedom. Great read for WWII buffs. By land and air in the deserts of North Africa. Superb character development. What a way to end a book!! It shouldn't have taken me so long to read. Snappy dialogue full of biting sarcasm and wit. Brutal war where death comes without warning realistically. There is nothing bad I can say about this story. Loved it. A Good Clean Fight of the characters felt as real as the setting. Robinson is a master of the fictional war story. I thought A Good Clean Fight book was very well written, lots of exciting action and the banter between the characters seems very real. I can't wait to read another of Robinson's books. Nov 19, Rob Messenger rated it really liked it. Good to come across this series unexpectedly Jun 23, James rated it it was amazing. A well told story of war in north africa. Sep 01, Mr Roy Davidson rated it it was ok. Mar 12, Finn Bell rated it it was amazing. No one does is quite like Robinson. Takes me right back. A Good Clean Fight was a highly enjoyable read, which comes very close to living A Good Clean Fight to the brilliance of its predecessor, 'Piece of Cake. Unlike PoC, which exclusively tracks the adventures of Hornet Squadron in the first year of WWII, this novel combines three narratives - the first involving an SAS patrol performing d A Good Clean Fight was a highly enjoyable read, which comes very close to living up to the brilliance of its predecessor, 'Piece of Cake. Unlike PoC, which exclusively tracks the adventures of Hornet Squadron in the first year of WWII, this novel combines three narratives - the first involving an SAS patrol performing daring raids on Luftwaffe airfields in North Africa, the second involving a Luftwaffe intelligence officer determined to put a halt to these raids, and the third follows Hornet squadron as they embarks on ground attack missions - and these narratives intersect each other at various points during the novel. The novel is replete with the features one expects of a Robinson novel. There is some cracking good dialogue with the usual dark sense of humour and wit. Also, there are no heroes. All of the characters are flawed, often cruel and far from the dashing derring-doers of classic war narratives. This may give the impression that everyone in the war was a bit of a bastard, which I'm sure was not the case and some may feel that this is a disrespect to the men who fought, but I feel that it lends the story a feeling of verisimilitude which is often lacking from stories set in this period which have a tendency to glorify the people involved. It's been a long time since I first read Piece of Cake, and it was great to finally reacquaint myself with the lads from Hornet Squadron. After years of browsing second hand bookshops looking for it, I finally found a copy of A Good Clean Fight and it was a really great read which I highly recommend to all fans of WWII fiction. Oct 24, Keith rated it really liked it Shelves:fiction. Derek Robinson is a master in a difficult genre. There are thousands of writers in what can be broadly called "military fiction. What sets off Robinson's work from the mass of other toil Derek Robinson is a master in a difficult genre. What sets off Robinson's work from the mass of other toilers in this field is the characterization. The men and women have a presence that is lacking in many similarly themed novels. An interlocking story which moves between commandos of the SAS, pilots and crew of the Desert Air Force, and Germans fighting against them. Oct 31, Rob Godfrey rated it it A Good Clean Fight amazing. What a really enjoyable read this was. I read his first in this series A Piece of Cake some years back it was serialised briefly on the tv too. Some of the characters maybe sometimes a little too clever, resourceful, invulnerable, but A Good Clean Fight the wh What a really enjoyable read this was. Some of the characters maybe sometimes a little too clever, resourceful, A Good Clean Fight, but nevertheless the whole things holds together and keeps you reading. The notes at the back of the book verfiy that some of the more bizarre exploits really did take place. Needless to say I'll be on the look out for the next in this series. A Good Clean Fight 01, David rated it it was amazing Shelves: own. I looked up the author and found this book. It takes place about a year later in the Desert war. Robinson has a clean crisp writing style. This is a quick easy read but it covers a lot of area. This is different in A Good Clean Fight he intertwines several stories; he does not just follow A Good Clean Fight Squadron. The book starts with an SAS raid on a German airfield. I found I enjoyed each thread but was always trying to hurry though and find out what twas happening with the other parts. Robinson has notes at the end to separate fact from fiction and what he based certain incidents on. A Good Clean Fight - Wikipedia Build up your Halloween Watchlist with our list of the most popular horror titles on Netflix in October. See the list. No hitting. 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