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Me So Far

Donald Jack author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Duckworth Books

Published:22nd Feb '18

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Expect escapades aplenty as Bandy falls foul of the Viceroy of India…

So all is pretty cushy for our reluctant hero, ex-WWI ace pilot Bart Bandy. Actually that should read pretty Khooshie, the name of the handsome young prince of Jhamjarh, whose life Bart recently saved. 

With the blackest of black comedy and seat-of-the pants escapades, Donald Jack’s series is uniquely funny and compelling.

So all is pretty cushy for our reluctant hero, ex-WWI ace pilot Bart Bandy.

Actually that should read pretty Khooshie, the name of the handsome young prince of Jhamjarh, whose life Bart recently saved. His reward from the grateful Maharajah is to set up an airforce for the independent state, while living high on the hog in his own personal palace.

But it’s 1925 and the British authorities are already highly suspicious about the purpose of this new force when Bart, as usual, falls foul of a most important personage, the Viceroy of India no less. Could end badly. Not nearly as badly as the intentions of the neighboring Indian state of Khaliwar though, as Bart soon discovers – but absolutely no one seems inclined to believe him.

With the blackest of black comedy and seat-of-the pants escapades, Donald Jack’s series about a young pilot is uniquely funny and compelling.

Praise for The Bandy Papers Series

'I enjoyed every word . . . terrifically funny' P.G. Wodehouse


'The Bandy Papers deserve to be read in private where insane giggling can go unnoticed' Jack Granatstein


'Jack does more than play it for laughs . . . 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' Time Magazine


'Funny. Very. Donald Jack has as light a touch with this fragile art as his hero has on throttle of a Sopwith Camel. Excessive corn is avoided in favour of wit and a delight in life' New York Times


'Bartholomew Bandy is the most remarkable hero (or anti-hero) since Harold Lloyd impersonated the Freshman' Chicago Tribune


'To know Bandy is to love him . . . you tend to gallop through and come hurtling out at the end panting for more' The Sunday Sun


'For those to whom Bandy is a newcomer, what a treat is in store' Toronto Star

ISBN: 9781911440512

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

320 pages