
A Good Clean Fight
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Narrated by:
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Michael Tudor Barnes
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By:
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Derek Robinson
North Africa, 1942. Dust, heat, thirst, flies. For those who liked that sort of thing, it was a good clean fight: nothing to harm but the sand, the enemy and yourself. Striking hard and escaping fast, Fanny Barton’s squadron play Russian roulette, flying their clapped out Tomahawks on ground-strafing forays. On the ground, the men of Captain Lampard’s SAS patrol drive hundreds of miles behind enemy lines to plant bombs on German aircraft. This is the story of the desert war waged by the men of the RAF and SAS versus the Luftwaffe and the Afrika Korps – a war of no glamour and few heroes in a setting often more lethal than the enemy.
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Would you listen to A Good Clean Fight again? Why?
yes brilliantly narrated brining the characters to life and making the story easy to follow and a pleasure to listen to.Brilliantly Narrated an interesting story
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Would you try another book from Derek Robinson and/or Michael Tudor Barnes?
Probably, especially if other reviews were good. The reader did a good job with voices, pacing and such, which really helped with this book. Otherwise it would have gotten tedious quickly.How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
There really isn't a "story." This is one of those that follows a slice of time in the WWII deserts of North Africa before the US got into the war. Normally I'm not a big fan of these stories that use the time, place, external events as both the main character and a substitute for a "story," but this one somehow caught my attention and I just kept listening. There were enough small events on both sides to keep you tuned in. Both the German and British characters are such an oddball mix of good-bad-crazy that I never cheered anyone, but still wanted to see what would happen next.Which scene was your favorite?
Probably the last SAS strike on the German fighter base. Incredibly brazen, yet actually well played. Meanwhile the Sr. German officers, just have a seat and watch the show, knowing by the time their infantry gets there, the SAS will all be gone and all the BF109s will have been destroyed.Was A Good Clean Fight worth the listening time?
Mostly. Could have been a bit shorter and tighter, but I'd probably try another of this author's works.Any additional comments?
This would be a good book to augment with a PDF map.Long, gritty, cynical, slice of time from WWII
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Cynical and gritty
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More, much more, Derek Robinson...please!
More of this author please
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Would you listen to A Good Clean Fight again? Why?
Maybe. Maybe not, but only because there are so many books, and so little time.What did you like best about this story?
Robinson's usual cynicism/realism about war and the many types of personalities that make up a group thrust together for a common goal (more or less). Brilliant characterisations as always.What about Michael Tudor Barnes’s performance did you like?
Well read, and characterised, although a bit toffee-nosed where it shouldn't have been (e.g. enlisted men). Just one bit of constructive criticism - Fanny Barton is a New Zealander, not an Australian. There is a very distinctive difference between how NZers pronounce 'a', 'e' and 'i' and how Aussies do. Something akin to South Africans. Fanny sounds like an Ocker (rough Aussie). Otherwise, great reading.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Would have, if I could have.Any additional comments?
Please do Piece of Cake!How about a Piece of Cake?
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Robinson does a nice job weaving several plots from both adversaries of the desert war together. As in A Piece of Cake, he pulls no punches in describing the brutality of war, nor shy away from depicting those characters who revel in the destruction and killing. It's an unblinking look at the human toll of war, especially the cost to the human psyche.
As a retired military pilot, I found A Good Clean Fight to be enjoyable book that flows well and has well developed, interesting characters. Although not quite as thrilling and captivating as A Piece of Cake (at least to my taste), it's still worth a listen.
If there's one criticism I would level at A Good Clean Fight, is that Michael Tudor Barnes' performance was mediocre. His narration was fine, but his voices and accents were, well... I found his German accent sounded Russian, his Italian accent sounded Russian, his Polish accent sounded Russian, his Greek accent sounded Russian, and his American accent sounded obnoxious (perhaps that was the point).
A Good Clean Fight was an interesting look at lesser known types of warfare in a lesser known theater of operation. I enjoyed it and recommend it.
Good, But How About "A Piece of Cake?"
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Would you try another book from Derek Robinson and/or Michael Tudor Barnes?
no i don,t like the he said story,s you don,t need to put he said after every sentence and if the s.a.s had that big a food larder they would need a roadtrain to move around 20 minute,s in is enoughWould you ever listen to anything by Derek Robinson again?
again probably notHow did the narrator detract from the book?
i can,t tell as i haven,t seen the print versionWhat reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
disappointment from the start it make,s the soldier appear to be stupidAny additional comments?
no i think that covers it can,t return it so it will sit in library in rubbish deptmenta good what
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