Going Solo

Loved reading this book to my kids. It is the second part of a what appears to be an Autobiography of Dahl. The first was “Boy” but that has a glaring untruth that has been debunked. It revolves around a master at Repton boys school who he says Crouned Queen Elizabeth II.

This is a perfectly well written account of Roald Dahl's life in the late 1930s and 1940s.It tells of his life as an employee in Africa, his experiences with deadly snakes and suchlike but it's his near death trauma when piloting a fighter plane in the early days of WW2. How he survived a massive crash landing in the middle of a desert and later his exploits as a Spitfire pilot battling against all the odds is quite amazing.Buy this book! It's such a wonderful and true account of this chap's life before becoming one of the world's best authors.

Definitely for older childrenDaughter could not get into it but son loved itFantastic qualityI thought it was a great as you cant get hold of it in many shops

Enjoyed the first few chapters but then the book became a subtly narcissistic, boring brag about Dahl's (frankly far-fetched) war achievements. Worryingly, Dahl's well documented antisemitism seeps through in later chapters. On balance, would not recommend.

I thoroughly enjoyed these stories which are obviously based on Roald Dahl's experiences as a WW2 pilot. They are so well written, entertaining, affectionate, sad and amusing - often with a twist in the tail - very Dahl.