Len Deighton combines hisexpertise as both historian and novelist in Bomber, theclassic novel of the Second World War that relates, in devastating detail, the24-hour story of an allied bombing raid

June 31st, 1943. AnRAF bomber crew prepares for a bombing raid on the Ruhr region of western Germany.

Masterful, gripping, and widelyconsidered Len Deighton’s greatest novel, Bomber is aminute-by-minute account of what occurs over the next twenty-four hours. Toldthrough the eyes of protagonists on all sides, alternating between the British RAF crew and a German family – Bomber isan unforgettable portrait of war, both in the air and on theground.