Going Solo, the second part of Roald Dahl's compelling and colourful autobiography, which he began in Boy, is a marvellous account of Dahl's first job in Africa and his wartime exploits, including his amazing survival from a plane crash in the Libyan desert.

Owning this book means that I'm going to be forced to buy Boy in order to read the first part of this autobiography. I'm not usually a fan of biography, but I have a suspicion this will be told in a way that's both insightful and humourous.