In Going Solo, the world's favourite storyteller, Roald Dahl, tells of life as a fighter pilot in Africa.
'They did not think for one moment that they would find anything but a burnt-out fuselage and a charred skeleton, and they were astounded when they came upon my still-breathing body lying in the sand nearby.'
In 1938 Roald Dahl was fresh out of school and bound for his first job in Africa, hoping to find adventure far from home. However, he got far more excitement than he bargained for when the outbreak of the Second World War led him to join the RAF. His account of his experiences in Africa, crashing a plane in the Western Desert, rescue and recovery from his horrific injuries in Alexandria, flying a Hurricane as Greece fell to the Germans, and many other daring deeds, recreates a world as bizarre and unnerving as any he wrote about in his fiction.
'Very nearly as grotesque as his fiction. The same compulsive blend of wide-eyed innocence and fascination with danger and horror' Evening Standard
'A non-stop demonstration of expert raconteurship' The New York Times Book Review
Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
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His account of life as a fighter pilot in the Western Desert and in Greece has the thrilling intensity and the occasional grotesqueness of his fiction - Sunday Times
Very nearly as grotesque as his fiction. The same compulsive blend of wide-eyed innocence and fascination with danger and horror - Evening Standard
A non-stop demonstration of expert raconteurship - The New York Times Book Review
Going Solo
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In Going Solo, the world's favourite storyteller, Roald Dahl, tells of life as a fighter pilot in Africa.
Roald Dahl recounts his early adulthood with the same vivid strangeness that colours his fiction. Fresh out of school in 1938, he heads to Africa in search of adventure, only to be swept into the Second World War and the RAF. His memories span a near‑fatal crash in the Western Desert, a painful recovery in Alexandria, and flying missions as Greece collapses under German attack — a life as dangerous and surreal as any story he would later write.
Alongside his celebrated children’s classics, Dahl also produced dark, unsettling short stories for adults, many of which inspired films and stage adaptations. These tales — sharp, eerie and unforgettable — continue to captivate readers, proving that Dahl’s gift for storytelling extended far beyond the worlds of chocolate factories and giant peaches.
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- Author: Roald Dahl
- Language: Angļu valoda
- Year of publication: 2012
- Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
- Cover type: Soft cover
- Number of pages: 256
- product.Svars: 0.184 kg
- ISBN code: 9780241955796
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