Donald Jack (1924–2003)

Auteur de Three Cheers for Me: Volume One of the Bandy Papers

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A propos de l'auteur

Donald Jack was born in England in 1924 and served in the Royal Air Force before coming to Canada. He is best known for his ongoing series, The Bandy Papers which has won three Stephen Leacock Awards for Humour

Comprend les noms: Jack Donald, Donald Jack, Donald L. Jack

Séries

Bandy Papers

Œuvres de Donald Jack

Populaires Récent

Three Cheers for Me: Volume One of the Bandy Papers (1973) 130 exemplaires

That's Me In The Middle (1973) 87 exemplaires

It's Me Again (1975) 77 exemplaires

Me Bandy, You Cissie (1979) 58 exemplaires

Me Too (1983) 41 exemplaires

This One's on Me (1988) 37 exemplaires

Me So Far (1989) 33 exemplaires

Hitler vs. Me (1996) 30 exemplaires

Me Among the Ruins (1976) 22 exemplaires

Stalin vs. Me (2005) 12 exemplaires

Rogues, rebels, and geniuses: The story of Canadian medicine (1981) 8 exemplaires

Sinc, Betty, and the Morning Man : The Story of CFRB (1977) 4 exemplaires

Stalin Vs Me (The Bandy Papers Book 9) (2018) 2 exemplaires

The Canvas Barricade (2007) 1 exemplaire

Sinc, Betty, and the morning man: the story of CFRB 1 exemplaire

Hitler Vs Me (The Bandy Papers Book 8) (2018) 1 exemplaire

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Nom canonique: Jack, Donald
Nom légal: Jack, Donald Lamont
Date de naissance: 1924-12-06
Date de décès: 2003-06-02
Sexe: male
Nationalité: UK (birth)
Canada (1964)
Lieux de résidence: Radcliffe, Bury, UK (birth)
Études: Bury Grammar School
Marr College
Professions: playwright
novelist

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Critiques

It's Me Again (The Bandy Papers, Vol. 3) par Donald Jack

2.5 Stars

Full review to come!

Signalé

Floratina | Dec 7, 2019 |

Three cheers for me, the journals of Bartholomew… par Donald Jack

The tradition of the "Holy Fool", stems in part from "Candide" and sort of limps through this exercise, using the Great War as a framework for its service comedy tropes. Not interesting. into the bargain, the title for this book edition is wrong, and reads Bartholomew BRANDY not "Bartholomew Bandy, which is the correct title.

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DinadansFriend | 1 autre critique | Sep 12, 2013 |

Three Cheers for Me (the Journals of Bartholomew… par Donald Lamont Jack

A humourous novel of the WW-I adventures of a military misfit. You do not even have to be a fan of military history to enjoy this one. Jack has dug below the surface and found the humour which existed in the day to day lives of the brave men in the front lines.

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Sturgeon | 1 autre critique | Jun 3, 2007 |

This One's on Me par Donald Jack

The sixth volume of the Bandy Papers. "World War I fighter pilot, Russian hero and Canadian villain (he was a Member of Parliament but also a whisky runner), Bartholomew Bandy is up to his usual zany antics. Only this time he's down and out after losing his airplane while rescuing a downed pilot off the coast of England. Soon Bandy is offered the job of creating an airforce for the second richest man in the world, the Maharajah of Jhamjarh. With a cast of cynical airmen, spies and assassins, flappers and fools, and the delightful Icelander Sigridur, as big and beautiful as her passion for the unresponsive Bandy... silly, and not very amusing.… (plus d'informations)

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tripleblessings | Feb 2, 2007 |

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