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Bomber

Len Deighton

1970478 pagesabout 7–11 hours
1970
first published
  • 1987Grafton · 563 pages · ENGISBN 9780586073988
  • 1995BBCISBN 9780563388562
  • 2009HarperCollins · ENGISBN 9780007347728
  • 1971Signet · ENGISBN 9780451136893
  • 1971Signet · ENGISBN 9780451162434
  • 2000Blackstone Audiobooks · ENGISBN 9780786117482
  • 1978HarperCollins Publishers Ltd · 478 pagesISBN 9780586045442
  • 1992MacMillan Publishing Company · 735 pages · ENGISBN 9781560543442

The classic novel of the Second World War that relates in devastating detail the 24-hour story of an allied bombing raid.Bomber is a novel war. There are no victors, no vanquished. There are simply those who remain alive, and those who die.Bomber follows the progress of an Allied air raid through a period of twenty-four hours in the summer of 1943. It portrays all the participants in a terrifying drama, both in the air and on the ground, in Britain and in Germany.In its documentary style, it is unique. In its emotional power it is overwhelming.Len Deighton has been equally acclaimed as a novelist and as an historian. In Bomber he has combined both talents to produce a masterpiece.

How it feels

MoodSad
AtmosphereBleak

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent

When and where

ThemesWar

Content notes

  • Warmoderateunreviewed
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