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Going Solo

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Information

• First editions:
  • Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986, USA.
  • Jonathan Cape, 1986, Great Britain.
    • Value (circa 1989) in Fine condition
      • $12-$15
• Collected in:
  • Boy and Going Solo

Description

"Going Solo" is a memoir which picks up where "Boy" leaves off with Roald on his way to East Africa to take up a job with the Shell Oil Company in Dar es Salaam. Dahl is in Africa when World War II breaks out and he leaves Shell to join up with the RAF. This book details Dahl's wartime exploits, which include having a luger pointed at his head by the leader of a German convoy, crash-langing in no-man's land (and sustaining injuries that entailed having his nose pulled out and shaped!) and 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 and other memorabilia. [from roalddahl.com]

Reviews

• "Young Man, Old Empire, Bad War" by Gahan Wilson
• Student Review by Melanie Burd
• Student Review by Eirin Helland

Fun Stuff

• Chapter 7 Excerpt – "Flying Training"
• Chapter 11 Excerpt – "The Battle of Athens...
• Sotheby's Dahl Auction

Cover Illustrations

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Viking, 1988 [Buy this Book]

Puffin, 1993 [Buy this Book]

Puffin, 1999 [Buy this Book]

Norwegian Cover Illustration – "Egne Vinger"

Spanish Cover Illustration – "Volando Solo"

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Santillana Pub Co
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