Roald Dahl - Going Solo
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Used Good plus, light wear to cover, small amount of foxing
Paperback
Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 20mm
Publication Date: 1988
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.
'I have only written about those moments that I consider memorable' - Roald Dahl
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