Tales from the Bedroom Floor

London: John Murray, 2005 Why is this book on the bedroom floor?: This is another of the bargains I picked up in the library booksale when I worked there. The price inside showed that it would have cost one lucky punter 40p, so I got it for half that because of library privilege. About the Author: A prolific writer and television producer, Stephen Walker has won numerous awards for his work including an Emmy, a BAFTA and the Rose d'Or at Montreux. He is currently working on a book surrounding the events of Major Yuri Gagarin's flight into space. Plot: A tense account of one of the most vivid events in history, when the city of Hiroshima suffered a spectacular bombing raid, destroying the city and ushering in the start of the nuclear age. Review: On a bright, clear morning, high above the mountains which surrounded the port of Hiroshima, air raid sirens began to shriek. Although this was not an uncommon occurrence, this particular air raid differed in three important respects...

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 ...