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The Easy Day Was Yesterday
- The Extreme Life of an SAS Soldier
- Narrated by: Neil Pigot
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
From his cage in a putrid, overcrowded Indian jail, Paul Jordan reflects on a life lived on the edge and curses the miscalculation that robbed him of his freedom.
His childhood, marred by the loss of his father and brother, produces a young man hell-bent on being the best of the best - an ambition he achieves by being selected to join the elite SAS. He survives the gut-wrenching training regime, deployment to the jungles of Asia and the horrors of genocide in Rwanda before leaving the army to embark on a career as a security adviser.
His new life sees him pursuing criminals and gun-toting bandits in Papua New Guinea and the Solomons, protecting CNN newsmen as the US 7th Cavalry storms into Baghdad with the outbreak of the Iraq War and facing death on a massive scale as he accompanies reporters into the devastated Indonesian town of Banda Ache, flattened by the Boxing Day tsunami.
During his 24 days in an Indian gaol, Paul Jordan discovers that friendship and human dignity somehow survive the filth and deprivation.
The Easy Day Was Yesterday is fast paced, brutally honest, raw and laced with dark humour. The core of Paul Jordan's eventful life, it shows the ability of the human spirit to survive even in the direst adversity.
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- Richard Byrne
- 03-05-18
The Worlds greatness soldiers....The exceedingly superb .Special Air Service.
I found Paul Jordan's narrative a wholly supreme, wonderfully discussed, detailed outline' pertaining to SAS's (Australian) superb capabilities and communication' throughout its entire tome...I listened to said Audio books hereof and I wholeheartedly loved it all. Thank you Paul for your much admired book. With thanksm
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- C. Hart
- 29-04-18
Not ruined by voice over
For once, a story about a tough, working class soldier is not ruined by Audible’s desire to give voice over jobs to work shy public school boys. At last therefore, the voice over was authentic and did justice to a book that was the true voice of a person’s experience. The use of ghost writers and collaborators in many of these types of books, who shoe horn in obvious and irritating journalistic devices, is mercifully absent from this book and overall you actually feel that you know something about the man. Well done all involved.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-05-21
ok
as the above ok book to read but not a keeper for me personally thanks.
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- paul
- 28-09-18
If expecting a war story this isnt the one.
In places it became a very difficult read but there were also plenty of snippets of amazing. Not the book i was expecting. There was alot of the same througjout the book but that comes with alot about prison.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-06-18
The Easy Day Was Yesterday
Paul Jordan Is good writer given great insight
And keeping us well influence And imPOormed As griped with the Action phicikaly And mental aly A Great Story Really Enjoyed
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- Simon
- 09-07-18
Told as it would be if you were sitting at the bar...
No frills, no fluff, no exaggeration. An honest, down to earth account of strength, hardship, and compassion. Wish there were more people in this world like this.
Not all heroes wear capes!
Good on you mate and thank you for your service.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-04-19
Enjoyable, but also very serious at times
I would recommend this book, the guy is awesome. Recounts the stories in great detail.
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- Martin Scoley
- 31-05-18
Not what I thought it would be.
Bit disappointed really. I bought this hoping to hear about his army career. Three stars.
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- dread
- 12-07-19
Pretty good on the whole.
Slow pace sometimes. Story OK... interesting life. Describes some of the worst things imaginable... didn't really need to hear that stuff. Narrator excellent.
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- DaveTaylor
- 30-12-22
Funny and heartfelt in all the right places
A down-to-earth recollection of many tough situations, bringing humour and sadness when required. A great read.
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