{"product_id":"goodbye-mickey-mouse","title":"Goodbye, Mickey Mouse","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet amid the winter of 1943–44 on East Anglia airfields, Len Deighton’s Goodbye, Mickey Mouse follows an American fighter squadron of the Eighth Air Force as they mount long-range escort missions over Germany. The novel centers on the reserved Captain Jamie Farebrother—an estranged colonel’s son—and the cocky Lieutenant Mickey Morse, a rising American ace; their growing friendship, forged in the crucible of daylight bomber escorts and air combat, illuminates the human cost of the USAAF’s air campaign and the intimate ties between American servicemen and wartime Britain, blending squadron life, combat fatigue, and wartime romance into a vivid portrait of the Western Front air war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGoodbye, Mickey Mouse is historical fiction focused on World War II fighter aviation and the USAAF in Britain (ISBN13: 9780394512594; ISBN: 0394512596). It emphasizes fighter-escort tactics, life on English bases, and the Allied daylight bombing campaign; library-style tags include WWII – Western Front – Air war and British home front – American forces in the UK. Author Len Deighton is a prominent British novelist best known for mid‑20th‑century spy and historical fiction, bringing meticulous period detail and character-driven storytelling to this aviation novel. Edition-specific details such as maps, photographs, or rarity are not specified for the provided edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WW2 Bunker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44298892247142,"sku":"9780394512594","price":5.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/4926\/4998\/files\/AzgMbrqgHl8ZaFssaV8PvYqoKgKBG2qUEo8N0MydLKs.jpg?v=1767230940","url":"https:\/\/ww2bunker.com\/products\/goodbye-mickey-mouse","provider":"WW2 Bunker","version":"1.0","type":"link"}