Goodbye Mickey Mouse

By: Len Deighton

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Norfolk, December, 1943. A group of US fighter pilots is camped at an air base; their job is to escort bombers over Germany. Each mission could be their last. Goodbye Mickey Mouse is a vivid evocation of wartime England and a brilliant, multi-dimensional picture of what it is to be at war. At the center of the novel are two young men—Captain Jamie Farebrother, estranged son of a colonel, and cocky Lieutenant Mickey Morse (nicknamed "Mickey Mouse"), well on his way to becoming America's Number One Flying Ace. Bonded only by their courage in deadly circumstances, their friendship forged in battle results in consequences for themselves and those they love.

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Hard to Pause — A Wonderful Narrative of War

I’m sure others provided the details. It’s a love story with war its background. Highly recommended.

A captivating historical fiction

Although fiction, it undoubtedly is a composite of a story played out multiple times between 1942 and 1945. It is well researched and well written. Although the narrator is quite good for the most part, an Englishman attempting to speak in the voice of Southern Americans is not good and in fact is disconcerting. Often it is difficult for listener to make out words and even phrases. In general, English narrators are my favorite but it would be more to my liking if they simply narrated the book in their native voice rather than attempting to intone the voice of a native, be they American or German or Russian or whatever.