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Everyone who has entered 'the brilliantly coloured, sometimes grotesque and sometimes magical world Dahl has conjured up in Boy', as Claire Tomalin described it in the Sunday Times, will be longing to learn what happens to the supreme storyteller next in Going Solo - and they will not be disappointed. It is a tale ofdeadly snakes on the ground and daring deeds in the air, of African safaris and encounters with the Hun, told with all the irresistible appeal which has made Roald Dahl one of the world's best-loved writers both for adults and for children. n the autumn of 1938 Dahl sets off to work in Africa aboard a paint-peeling tub full of the dottiest fellow passengers imaginable. He falls in love with Tanganyika- a wonderful, beautiful, exciting country, plentifully covered with exotic wild animals - some of them best kept at a considerable distance. The green and black mambas, Dahl learns, make tricky opponents. Trickier still are the human predators, the Huns, who are trying to take over the world. Britain declares war on Germany and after temporary duty as an army officer, Dahl signs up with the RAF. t is impossible to imagine a more exciting or viviProduct Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN-139780224024075
eBay Product ID (ePID)87909902
Product Key Features
Book TitleGoing Solo
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1986
TopicLiterature, Books
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorRoald Dahl
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height241 mm
Item Weight600 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRoald Dahl