Norwegian call girls, dessert djins, pedophile teachers and Berlin roof jumpers are just a sample of the characters that inhabit the pages of this collection of stories some of which have recently appeared in publications including Reader's Digest, The Guardian and The Oldie along with others that appear for the first time. It is the dramatic and amusing memoir of an engineer, teacher, and failed astronaut recounted with quirky British humour. 'Roger Ley has had a fascinating life that also reflects British history of the last 65 years. Brought up partly in the Middle East as an RAF brat,...