num_pages: 209
description: From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG comes an autobiographical account of his exploits as a World War II pilot!'Going Solo' tells of how, when he grew up, Roald Dahl left England for Africa and a series of daring and dangerous adventures began. From tales of plane crashes to surviving snake bites, read all about Roald Dahl's life before becoming the world's number-one storyteller.This book is full of exciting and strange things—some funny, some frightening, all true.Here is the action-packed sequel to 'Boy' (1984), a tale of Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Told with the same irresistible appeal that has made Roald Dahl one the world's best-loved writers, Going Solo brings you directly into the action and into the mind of this fascinating man.
  Roald Dahl
 was a spy, ace fighter-pilot, chocolate historian, and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains the World's No. 1 Storyteller.
language: English
title: Going Solo
titlecomplete: Going Solo (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #2)
characters: Roald Dahl
genres: Adventure, Biography, Childrens, Classics, Autobiography, Nonfiction, War, History, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 29296
places: Dar es Salaam, Alexandria, RAF Habbaniya, East Africa, Palestine, Nairobi, Eleusis
series: Roald Dahl's Autobiography
publisher: Puffin