Bomber

By: Len Deighton, Malcolm Gladwell (Introduction)

Narrated by: Richard Burnip, Malcolm Gladwell (Introduction), Len Deighton (Author's Note)

Len Deighton—one of the masters of twentieth-century espionage fiction—combines his expertise as both historian and novelist in Bomber, the classic World War II novel that relates, in devastating detail, the twenty-four-hour story of an allied bombing raid.

Skilled Royal Air Force bomber pilot Sam Lambert is exhausted, and his veteran crewmen have just been replaced by an inexperienced new team. Victor von Löwenherz, a German night fighter pilot who intercepts RAF bombers in his Junkers Ju 88, looks on with horror at the Nazi regime. And Hansl, a German boy in the small market town of Altgarten, sleeps at home. Lambert and his crew prepare for a bombing raid on the Ruhr area. It’s a night that many will never forget.

Bomber is a masterful, gripping minute-by-minute account of what occurs over the next twenty-four hours. Told through the eyes of protag­onists on all sides and astonishingly precise in its depictions of planes, weapons, and behind-the-scenes war strategy, this is Len Deighton at his best. An unforgettable portrait of war, both in the air and on the ground.

Now including a new introduction from Len Deighton fan and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell.

©1970 Pluriform Publishing Company BV. Afterword copyright © 2009 by Pluriform Publishing Company BV. (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Amazing Story and Narration

An amazing story about a WWII bombing raid, on a small German town, told from a multitude of perspectives. Deighton at his best.

Len Deighton at his very best

Bomber opens a world easily lost to time. The level of detail and understanding of the both the RAF and German sides of this story is astounding. This is an astounding novel, and it is a very important novel.

War is Hell

The author is a master of the English language. This is displayed in each of his works which I have experienced

Great details

Loved this book a lot. Great ww 2 read. Highly recommended for anyone who likes aviation books

Only Pain, No Glory

This novel should be required reading for anyone who thinks of war as anything but horror. Although a work of fiction, the author's attention to historic details about aircraft, equipment, and policy, as well as a deep understanding of the spectrum of human nature, lend this book a feeling of any "true" history of war. It's wonderful that this 50 year old book is still readable and I hope it goes into the canon of war literature.