Going Solo

The Centenary Collection

Roald Dahl

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Penguin Books Ltd
15 June 2018

Biography: general; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Series: The Centenary Collection

A WW2 RAF memoir from the world's number one storyteller, Roald Dahl, part of the Centenary Collection (100 Years of the RAF)

In 1918, the RAF was established as the world's first independent air force.

To mark the 100th anniversary of its creation, Penguin are publishing the Centenary Collection, a series of six classic books highlighting the skill, heroism esprit de corps that have characterised the Royal Air Force throughout its first century.

'They didn't think for one moment that they would find anything but a burnt-out fuselage and a charred skeleton; and they were apparently astounded when they came upon

my still-breathing body, lying in the sand near by.'

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, and many other daring deeds, recreates a world as bizarre and unnerving as any he wrote about in his fiction.

By: Roald Dahl
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 181mm, Width: 111mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 141g
ISBN: 9781405937535
ISBN 10: 140593753X
Series: The Centenary Collection
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 June 2018
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Going Solo: The Centenary Collection

A non-stop demonstration of expert raconteurship * The new York Times Book Review * Very nearly as grotesque as his fiction. The same compulsive blend of wide-eyed innocence and fascination with danger and horror * Evening Standard * His account of life as a fighter pilot in the Western Desert and n Greece has the thrilling intensity and the occasional grotesqueness of his fiction * Sunday Times *