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^ Read ! Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl by Donald Sturrock ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl The hand that holds the pencil wogan `Storyteller' is about a man who thought invention was more interesting than reality and in making the truth more interesting. Roald Dahl's biography sums up all of his eccentricities, his proclivities and seemingly every aspect of Dahl's personality, most of a. Purchased this for my 88 year old mother and she Purchased this for my 88 year old mother and she absolutely loves it! Can't tell you much about it myself but she raves about it still, months after re
| Title | : | Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.76 (583 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1439189765 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 672 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
16 pages of b&w photos. This is not to say the book is superficial. Well covered are Dahl's English boarding-school years, his flying for the RAF during WWII; prickly relations with agents, editors, and publishers; the tragic lives of two of his children; and his up-and-down marriage to Neal. . Dahl considered himself a wanderer between his native Norway, the U.K., New York, and Hollywood, and a depressed one at that. Yet this authorized biography, written by someone who knew Dahl and worked with the cooperation of the author's adult children and both wives--one of whom was film star Patricia Neal--covers the man and his reputation thoroughly while veering from deeper psychological readings of hi
In Storyteller, the first authorized biography of Dahl, Donald Sturrock—granted unprecedented access to the Dahl estate’s archives—draws on personal correspondence, journals and interviews with family members and famous friends to deliver a masterful, witty and incisive look at one of the greatest authors and eccentric characters of the modern age, whose work still delights millions around the world today.. Now in paperback—Donald Sturrock’s Storyteller is “a major literary biography…packed with intimate details, sharply intelligent commentary, and surprising revelations” (The Washington Post) of one of the greatest writers in the twentieth century, whose work still delights millions around the world today.A single-minded adventurer and an eternal child who gave us the iconic Willy Wonka and Matilda Wormwood, Roald Dahl lived a life filled with incident, drama and adventure: from his harrowing experiences as an RAF fighter pilot and his work in British intelligence, to his many romances and turbulent marriage to the actress Patricia Neal, to the mental angui
The hand that holds the pencil wogan `Storyteller' is about a man who thought invention was more interesting than reality and in making the truth more interesting. Roald Dahl's biography sums up all of his eccentricities, his proclivities and seemingly every aspect of Dahl's personality, most of a. Purchased this for my 88 year old mother and she Purchased this for my 88 year old mother and she absolutely loves it! Can't tell you much about it myself but she raves about it still, months after reading it and that's all anyone can ask for when giving a gift. He lived a fascinating life and some of the iss. The man behind the myth I hold Roald Dahl personally responsible for my lifelong love affair with books and when I finally held this book in my hands, I was more than a little apprehensive. Did I really want to possibly knock my idol down from his pedestal?Ultimately, yes.This tome is
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