I received a free electronic copy of this novel from Netgalley, Donald Jack and Farrago in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all, for sharing your hard work with me.

Third historical novel in the Bandy Series, this is also a stand alone novel that is clever, witty and a quick read. Bandy is an excellent protagonist and I hope to read many more of his adventures during WWII.

A cracking Boys Own Adventure. Exciting and very funny in a dark macabre way. Marvellous Show!

This is the third volume of The Bandy Papers. I have enjoyed all of them and I think this is the best so far.

It's Me Again opens with Major Bandy being sent to take command of a dispirited squadron in France. It is remarkably well organised, in that even the coal is whitewashed, for example, but is achieving very little with extremely high casualty rates. Bandy manages to turn this model of efficiency into "the most disreputable bunch of bandits" with one of the highest success rates and the tale of how he does it is, as always, amusing and very exciting and with Jack's typical excoriation of incompetent and uncaring administrators and commanders. There follows a brief interlude of social farce in Canada, and then Bandy is sent off to Russia to intervene in the civil war there. Again, Donald Jack manages to produce a superb mixture of knockabout humour and genuine excitement in a tale which is also plainly well researched. This section reminded me a little of Hornblower, as Bandy's unorthodoxy and resourcefulness produce unexpected results.

This is a great read. It is full of excitement, genuine humour and one episode of real, heart-piercing poignancy, showing what a fine writer Jack was. He has really hit his stride in It's Me Again; the two preceding books are excellent in parts but to me rather patchy, while this is consistently very good. I would suggest reading the first two books before this one, but it's not essential. Whether you do or not, this is a fine book and warmly recommended.

(I received an ARC via Netgalley.)

Really excellent tale. Part humour, part sadness. Look forward to reading more in the series

A dark period of Brandy’s career. After too short a period enjoying married life Brandy is sent back into battle in command of a non descript squadron of the RFC. This he welds into an effective fighting force with many victories. While leading a flight over enemy lines they meet up with a German ace with a superior machine and they all get shot down but Brandy survives and escapes to returns home on leave a hero only to find his wife dying a victim of a flu epidemic. Although distraught he is sent on a short trip back to Canada for a hero’s reception. On his return he is sent to Russia. While in transit he distracts himself by learning Russian and is befriended by a Russia General and learns to give way to grief and so mourns his loss wife. In Russia he becomes involved with leading units of the White army which he does with distinction and returns back once more a hero.. The war has ended and he returns to Canada and the bosom of a his family facing life once more as a nobody.

The third instalment of the Bandy Papers, and I'm glad to report that it continues to be the comic masterpiece promised by the first volume. These books are, if you can picture this, kin to Flashman and Blackadder, with PG Wodehouse as one parent and Caryl Brahms as the other. It's a very difficult thing to pull off a story dealing with the events of WWI and the Russian Civil War (including deep personal loss on the part of the protagonist) and make the governing tone uproariously funny while covering up none of the horrors. - but Donald Jack manages it with élan. Our unlikely hero is so believable one would swear the reader is rooting for a real person. Extremely highly recommended (but start with Book 1!).