Going Solo - Softcover

Dahl, Roald

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ISBN 10: 0141311428 ISBN 13: 9780141311425

Publisher: Gardners Books, 2001

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The second part of Roald Dahl's remarkable life story tells of his time working in Africa and his wartime exploits.

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About the Author:

Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head", sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990.

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Roald Dahl outdoes himself as he brilliantly portrays the horrors of war, along with the wonderful details that made up his life as a young soldier during WWII. Derek Jacobi presents Dahl as though he had been there. We join Dahl as he learns to fly, observes the carnage of war, and experiences the mixed emotions that haunt most soldiers. Whether portraying Dahl's conversational style or his letters to his mother, Jacobi is splendid, perfectly recreating the different speech patterns and accents of the many people Dahl encountered during the war. All ages will gain a valuable history lesson, complete with music, humor, and drama. S.G.B. � AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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