Rowland White - Vulcan 607
London: Corgi, 2007 Why is this book on the bedroom floor?: From time to time I get a bit of a yearning to read about laddish things and stuff that explodes. I also like reading about British social history, so when I came across this in Banardos’ for 75p I snaffled it, sandwiched between an Iris Murdoch novel and the complete plays of Alan Ayckbourn. About the Author: A publishing director of some reknown, Rowland White is a self-confessed aviation nut and regular author of accessible works on the subject. This book was his first and he’s working on a project about the Space Shuttle as I type, which at least puts him ahead of NASA. Plot: It’s 1982. Argentina’s military junta has invaded the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, and immediately the United Kingdom has hit back by lobbing a task force their way. But in the meantime, a crazy plan involving an obsolete bomber force and an eight thousand mile round-trip is conceived, and if successful will change the balance of