'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy'

By Geoff Dyer,

Book cover of 'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy': On Where Eagles Dare

Book description

A Telegraph, Evening Standard and Daily Mail Book of the Year

From the acclaimed writer and critic Geoff Dyer, an extremely funny scene-by-scene analysis of Where Eagles Dare - published as the film reaches its 50th anniversary

A thrilling Alpine adventure starring a magnificent, bleary-eyed Richard Burton and a coolly…

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1 author picked 'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy' as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I picked up this book by Geoff Dyer not because I love his other books – I hadn’t read any of them at the time – but because Where Eagles Dare was one of my favourite films when I was a boy. In England, at least, in the days of three TV channels, before the internet or even video, it was a Christmas treat to watch old war movies. 

Broadsword Calling Danny Boy accidentally brought back tons of childhood memories, but it’s a brilliant stand-alone essay, even if you have never watched the film or don’t know who Richard Burton…

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