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Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying
Roald Dahl
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Description for Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying
Paperback. A collection of ten stories of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; of the infectious madness of conflict; and of the nervy jollity of the Mess and Ops room. It conveys the reality of a wartime pilot's daily existence, where death is a constant companion and life is lived from one heartbeat to the next. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
During the Second World War Roald Dahl served in the RAF and suffered horrific injuries in an air crash in the Libyan desert. Drawing on his own experience as a fighter pilot, Dahl crafted these ten spine-tingling stories: of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; of the infectious madness of conflict; and of the nervy jollity of the Mess and Ops room. Dahl brilliantly conveys the bizarre reality of a wartime pilot's daily existence, where death is a constant companion and life is lived from one heartbeat to the next.
During the Second World War Roald Dahl served in the RAF and suffered horrific injuries in an air crash in the Libyan desert. Drawing on his own experience as a fighter pilot, Dahl crafted these ten spine-tingling stories: of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; of the infectious madness of conflict; and of the nervy jollity of the Mess and Ops room. Dahl brilliantly conveys the bizarre reality of a wartime pilot's daily existence, where death is a constant companion and life is lived from one heartbeat to the next.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141189659
SKU
9780141189659
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Ref
99-1
About Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in 1916 in Wales of Norwegian parents. He was educated in England before starting work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa, and began writing after a 'monumental bash on the head' sustained as an RAF fighter pilot during the Second World War. He worked in a tiny hut in the ... Read more
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