{"product_id":"thats-me-in-the-middle-bandy-papers-pb-w9","title":"Donald Jack: That's Me in the Middle (The Bandy Papers Book 2) [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStrangely horse-faced World War I flying ace Bart Bandy finds himself kicked upstairs - to everyone's appalled surprise\u003c\/strong\u003e - and made a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Flying Corps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut not for long. Persuaded to give a school speech on the many shortcomings of Field Marshal Haig, \u003cstrong\u003eBart\u003c\/strong\u003e finds Fortune's Wheel definitely on the turn and soon he is once more heading for the hell of the trenches  - this time on a bicycle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the daredevil commander of the 13\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Bicycle Brigade, Bob Craig, there follow a series of edge-of-the-seat adventures, always accompanied by what Craig later refers to fondly as \"brilliant exchanges of utter nonsense\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDonald Jack's blackly humorous Bandy memoirs are classics of their kind. Against an unshrinkingly depicted backdrop of war and its horrors, his anti-hero's adventures are both gripping and shockingly funny.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat people are saying about The Bandy Papers:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reading can lead to \u003cstrong\u003einvoluntary bursts of loud laughter\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Very descriptive, full of air combats and written with a fine eye for period detail . . . there is quite simply \u003cstrong\u003eno finer book of its kind\u003c\/strong\u003e. Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is clear that Bandy likely should've been killed several times, but very likely \u003cstrong\u003ethe Grim Reaper was laughing too hard to hold his scythe straight . . .\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eHysterically funny! \u003c\/strong\u003e . . . each book is another installment in the continuing saga of a Canadian and his adventures in war, the world, and women.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have \u003cstrong\u003eyet to find another author with the wit and humor\u003c\/strong\u003e of Donald Jack.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditorial reviews:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eI enjoyed every word\u003c\/strong\u003e . . . terrifically funny.\"  P.G. Wodehouse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jack \u003cstrong\u003edoes more than play it for laughs\u003c\/strong\u003e . . . The mingling of humor and horror is like a clown tap-dancing on a coffin, but Jack is skillful enough to get away with it.\" \u003cem\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Funny. Very. Donald Jack has \u003cstrong\u003eas light a touch with this fragile art\u003c\/strong\u003e as his hero has on throttle of a Sopwith Camel. Excessive corn is avoided in favour of \u003cstrong\u003ewit and a delight in life\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bartholomew Bandy is \u003cstrong\u003ethe most remarkable hero (or anti-hero)\u003c\/strong\u003e since Harold Lloyd impersonated the Freshman.\" \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eTo know Bandy is to love him\u003c\/strong\u003e . . . you tend to gallop through and come hurtling out at the end \u003cstrong\u003epanting for more\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For those to whom Bandy is a newcomer, \u003cstrong\u003ewhat a treat is in store\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jack, Donald","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42326610477241,"sku":"9781911440468","price":11.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/jack-donald-donald-jack-that-s-me-in-the-middle-the-bandy-papers-book-2-2017-paperback-9781911440468-57542988955987.jpg?v=1727477043","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/thats-me-in-the-middle-bandy-papers-pb-w9","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}