Over to You
Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying
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5.0 • 6 Ratings
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- £2.99
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Publisher Description
In Over to You, ten terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot are told by the master of the short story, Roald Dahl.
During the Second World War Roald Dahl served in the RAF and even suffered horrific injuries in an air crash in the Libyan desert. Drawing on his own experiences as a fighter pilot, Dahl crafted these ten spine-tingling stories: of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; the infectious madness of conflict; and 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.
'One of the most widely read and influential writers of our generation' The Times
'The great magician' Spectator
Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Customer Reviews
Over To You /roald Dahl
These stories are beautifully told, impossible to put down and though quick to read are impossible to forget.
Superlative story telling!
A short sequence of the most gripping short stories I've ever read. I read this book cover to cover in one sitting. Set in WWII and all with some connection to flying. These are not light hearted stories, but they are brilliantly told and profoundly affecting.