Going Solo, 9780241677391
Paperback
Adventure and danger: Dahl’s true story of flying solo in wartime.
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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    29 January 2024

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Summary

Going Solo: A Classic Collection

Roald Dahl’s Going Solo, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features collectable new covers with Quentin Blake’s iconic illustrations and archive material provided by the Roald Dahl Museum.

“It was truly the most breathless and in a way the most exhilarating time I have ever had in my life.”

This beautiful edition features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is perfect for Dahl fans old and new.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241677391
ISBN-10:0241677394
Series:The Roald Dahl Classic Collection
Author:Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:29 January 2024
Weight:198g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 15mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

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

About The Author

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl (Author)

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories.

Quentin Blake (Illustrator)

Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl’s favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children’s Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.

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