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Going Solo

By: Roald Dahl
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 0141311428
ISBN-13: 9780141311425
Released: 05 Apr 2001
RRP: £5.99
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Going solo - By: , 17 Jul 2008
I read it at school & struggled to put it down. I found it extremely interesting; the best bit was when he returned home.

Jessie,age 9
A great read - for parents too! - By: Colin, 13 Jul 2008
As stated elsewhere, this is a stunning book. I am about to buy it (instead of borrowing it) so that my 18 year old & I can read it again.
Going Solo - By: Mehajabeen Farid, 13 Jan 2008
"Going Solo" is a the book which picks up where "Boy" left off with Roald on his way to East Africa to take up a job with the Shell Oil Company in Dar es Salaam. Roald Dahl is in Africa when World War II breaks out & he leaves Shell to join up with the RAF. This book details Dahl's wartime exploits, which include having a luger (a pistol) pointed at his head by the leader of a German convoy, crash-landing in no-man's land (and sustaining injuries that entailed having his nose pulled out & shaped!) & even surviving a direct hit during the Battle of Athens, when he was sufficiently recovered to fly again - this time in Hurricanes. The book features black-and-white photos, as well as maps, telegrams & other memorabilia. It is a fabulous book which is also one of my favourites. I would rate it 100000000000000/ 10. Anyone would love this stunning success.
Gripping biography for young readers - By: Chrestomanci, 15 Apr 2004
I didn’t expect Roald Dahl’s account of life as a fighter pilot to interest me at alll, but to my astonishment I found it gripping. It’s a real page-turner; I couldn’t wait to read the next chapter!

As always, his style of writing is a pleasure to read, & although most younger readers prefer his macabre tales of fantasy, this is well worth adding to their Dahl Library.

Both ‘Boy’ & ‘Going Solo’ are the perfect way to introduce the developing younger reader to biographical/true-life stories, rather than remaining forever stuck in the magical realms of fantasy fiction. This book can be equallly enjoyed by young & old alike … the sort of book a grandfather & grandson can read together!

Exciting tale, modestly read - By: , 10 Dec 2002
The talent of Roald Dahl - As good a RAF flyer as an author it seems!

Going Solo is excellently written, first & foremost. Most of the narrative is on his exploits during WW2 when he was one of only a handful of pilots stationed in Greece/Middle East facing a German Air Force many, many times more in number.

Quite how he successfully fought through it is incredible. Yet he writes with charm & with no hint of egotism, as could be his right under such circumstances. Or maybe it was the standard for the time (if so I wish society was sincere like back then).

Ian Holm is the perfect reader for this book. As with "My Year" & "Boy" he reads clearly, & without patronising the younger audience by speaking in 'childlike' tones.

The book is universallly accessable to alll generations. I know a copy of the text has been in the family since publication, & now pubescent insomnia can be eased with this recording.

An absorbing listen - 153 mins never seemed so short.