Going Solo (The Centenary Collection)

Author : Roald Dahl


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In Going Solo the worlds 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 Dahls Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahls stories continue to make readers shiver today.


In Going Solo the worlds 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 Dahls Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahls stories continue to make readers shiver today.

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