A gripping and ultimately deeply effecting literary debut, First Time Solo is more than a war story, it is a beautifully rendered portrait of men preparing for conflict and a society on the brink of seismic social change. It's 1943 and Jack Devine, a farmer's son, is finally called up to the RAF. Jack dreams of becoming a pilot, breaking hearts, and returning home a hero. The realities of training are very different, with boredom, bullying, and casual violence the norm. Drawn together by a love of jazz music, Jack makes friends with Terry, a worldly Welshman dabbling in the black market; Joe, an active Communist, as well as Yorkshire poet Doug. Jack, Joe and Terry form a jazz band to surprising acclaim and for a while an alternative future to that preordained for each seems possible. But the initial camaraderie soon gives way to simmering resentment as age-old tensions resurface, ultimately resulting in tragedy.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Freight Books
ISBN-13
9781908754615
eBay Product ID (ePID)
195232234
Product Key Features
Book Title
First Time Solo
Author
Iain Malony
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2014
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Iain Malony
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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