Going Solo Classic Paperback

Find out about Roald Dahl's early adulthood in this paperback edition of Going Solo.

"I have only written about those moments that I consider most memorable." - Roald Dahl

Read all about Roald Dahl’s life before he became the world’s number one storyteller. Following on from Boy, Going Solo takes you on daring and dangerous adventures. The book begins with Road Dahl aboard the SS Mantola sailing from England to Africa, where his adventures really begin.  From tales of his wartime exploits and surviving a plane crash in the Libyan desert to surviving snake bites, Going Solo is an exciting adventure though Roald Dahl's early adult years.

This Penguin Books collection keeps Roald Dahl's classic texts in print. It sits along the 2023 range of Puffin Books and allows readers to decide how they experience Roald Dahl's magical, marvellous stories. Readers will now be free to choose which version of Dahl's stories they prefer, and we stock both!

The Classic Collection books include an introduction to the Museum and unique archive material relevant to each of the stories. This material has been specially selected from the Museum's collection and gives readers a peek into Roald Dahl's writing process.

The twenty titles in the Classic Collection include all seventeen of Roald Dahl's famous children's books (including two autobiographical texts, Boy and Going Solo) as well as the rhyme collections Dirty Beasts, Rhyme Stew and Revolting Rhymes.