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A Piece of Cake
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Author:
Roald DahlNumber Of Reads:
193
Language:
English
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literatureSection:
Pages:
33
Quality:
excellent
Views:
2014
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The work is an autobiographical account of Dahl's time as a fighter pilot in the Second World War. In it, he details how he was injured and eventually forced to leave the Mediterranean arena. The story was originally composed for C. S. Forester, for him to rewrite and edit, but he was so impressed that he sent it without modification to his agent, who had it published (as Shot Down Over Libya) in the Saturday Evening Post - and in one fell swoop, Dahl's writing career commenced.
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, who rose to prominence in the 1940's with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors.
Dahl's first published work, inspired by a meeting with C. S. Forester, was Shot Down Over Libya. Today the story is published as A Piece of Cake. The story, about his wartime adventures, was bought by the Saturday Evening Post for $900, and propelled him into a career as a writer. Its title was inspired by a highly inaccurate and sensationalized article about the crash that blinded him, which claimed he had been shot down instead of simply having to land because of low fuel.
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