Going Solo

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Summary: The wonderful continuation of 'Boy'
Review: "Going Solo" is a continuation of Dahl's autobiography "Boy." Once started, one will not be able to put it down. It is a page turner. This should be required reading for all men above the age of 16. It details Dahl's life from the conclusion of his school days through his adventures and tribulations during the second world war as a fighter pilot with the RAF. A must read, you will not regret spending the time with this book!!

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Summary: Very interesting book about roald dahls book
Review: As a 17 year old boy who spent my childhood in Norway, with roalds books, I was really surprised when I found at that he wrote books for adults as well. This is the kind of book which it is hard to put down when youre reading, but unfortunately after sitting for hours in my stressless I was out of pages. This book continues the story begun in boy, where dahl tells us about his highlights in life, from the point where he worked for Shell until he has finished his service in the RAF, and he returns back to a war raged Brittain . I would just wish that roald had written more about his life because I found it very entertaining

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Summary: the book was good, but it was alittle too long
Review: Going Solo takes place between 1938-1941. The book details the narrator's life as a pilot in the Navy. When the book starts, the narrator tells about his great adventures from Africa to the Mediterranean. One of his many adventures occured, when he almost gets killed by one of the most dangerous snakes in Tanganyika, called the Green Mamba. Then later on in the story he starts his life as a pilot in 1939. dahl's first challenge was trying to learn how to fly a plane. This would usually consist of just the basic's, flying, and landing. After he had learned to master this skill it was on to the next. The narrator tells about the six months he went through constant flight training, in learning how to attack enemies in different situations. Towards the end of his training, Dahl crashes in the middle of the desert and is stranded. With no plane to fly, and his body badly injured, there was nothing he could do but just hope for someone to help him. An hour passed and Roald was put in the nearest hospital. The doctors told him he could never fly again, but Roald refused to accept that. With alot of recuperation he was able to meet up with his squadron and be ready to fly again. As soon as he got to Egypt, his capton leader said he was going up in battle against some of the best German pilots tomorrow morning. What do you think will happen when he has to battle the Germans? You better read this book to find out.

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Summary: This may be even better than Harry Potter!
Review: Going Solo talkings about Roald Dahl being from an tennager to an adult. In the book, Roald Dahl talks about his experience in Africa working for the Shell company
He also talks about WWII as a raf fighter pilot
His biograph isn't boring like most but very exciting!
I would reccommend this book to most readers who have finished reading the first part of Roald Dahl's biograph, which is called Boy Tales of Childhood
If you haven't read that yet, I suggest that you don't read Going Solo.

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Summary: This may be even better than Harry Potter!
Review: Going Solo talkings about Roald Dahl being from an tennager to an adult. In the book, Roald Dahl talks about his experience in Africa working for the Shell company
He also talks about WWII as a raf fighter pilot
His biograph isn't boring like most but very exciting!
I would reccommend this book to most readers who have finished reading the first part of Roald Dahl's biograph, which is called Boy Tales of Childhood
If you haven't read that yet, I suggest that you don't read Going Solo.

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Summary: Great
Review: Great read, moves along very well, good adventure and reflections on author's time in Africa and WWII.

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Summary: A biography...not for the squeamish!
Review: I can't believe it took me so many years after "Boy" to to read "Going Solo". Or maybe it is better this way, since now I can better understand the context.

In that hilarious RD style where no word is dull, the author recalls his days working for the Shell Oil Co. in East Africa, and as a pilot in the RAF during World War II. He has got to be one of the *luckiest* men on Earth: some of the things he gets himself into--and out of--are incredible...like when he captures the war's first prisoners, or crashlands in the desert, or flys in the Battle of Athens...the list goes on and on. Now I can see where he got some of his short story ideas from, such as "Poison" and "A Piece of Cake".

Best parts: all the flying missions, of which Dahl writes so enthusiastically, by a 6'6" pilot crammed into the tiny cockpit of a Hurricane.

Worst: I cannot believe how the RAF could send so many virtually untrained flyers into combat in aircraft they had never even flown before...small wonder the casualties in air battles such as that over Athens were incredibly high (some of the RAF snafus here are rediculous).

I would recommend reading this book after "Boy", though perhaps one should be more mature than the typical RD fan to fully appreciate it.

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Summary: Wonderful Author biography for young readers
Review: I didn't expect Roald Dahl's account of life as a fighter pilot to interest me at all, 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, and although most younger readers prefer his macabre tales of fantasy, this is well worth adding to their Dahl Library.

Both `Boy' and `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 equally enjoyed by young and old alike ... the sort of book a grandfather and grandson can read together!


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Summary: Very Interesting, his life in Africa reminds me of mine.
Review: I enjoyed Going Solo quite a lot. It showed a side of Roald Dahl I never thought he had. In the start he said that he picked out the most important and exciting parts, but I thought maybe it was a bit too bitty, but a good read.

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Summary: A wonderful book
Review: I'm German so I'm sorry for all the mistakes I will surely make. This book is humorous, it's easy to understand and it tells a good story. I've never read a book written this way, but I loved it. It's simply Roald Dahl's way to retell his own life. He tells about accidents very dry, however, it was funny. So everybody reading this: you should buy this book, I can't tell you the story and how great she is but you're able to read.