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38/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Donald Sturrock
Publisher:
Blue Rider Press
Date:
August 22, 2024
A collection of the legendary childrenâs author and writer Roald Dahl's letters written to his mother, from early childhood through Dahlâs travels to Africa, his career in the Royal Air Force, his work in post-war Washington, D.C., and Hollywood, and the books that made him a literary star.
What The Reviewers Say
Here is an intriguing mixture of absolute intimacy, a total disregard for priggishness or decorum, fierce candour and, in certain respects, a complete absence of it. Love is between the lines.
...all in all the letters are highly accessible for those otherwise unfamiliar with Dahl’s life, and primarily document his extraordinary anecdotes in the ever-humorous style of a born entertainer.
From early on, the letters show the darkly comic, subversive writing that would make Dahl famous.
