Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl - Softcover

Sturrock, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1439189765 ISBN 13: 9781439189764

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2011

Synopsis

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 anguish caused by the death of his young daughter Olivia. 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.

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Review:

"A major literary biography...packed with intimate details, sharply intelligent commentary and surprising revelations. I can't sing its praises enough." --Michael Dirda, Best Nonfiction of 2010, The Washington Post

"Authoritative . . . a careful, loving outline of a difficult man." --Claire Messud, The New York Times Book Review

"A sprawling entertainment packed with anecdote and incident . . . an engaging tale with satisfying episodes of glamour, intrigue, failure and renewal." --William Georgiades, The Wall Street Journal

"Sturrock captures the spirit of the man, his need to charm and entertain as well as his 'almost adolescent desire to annoy'." --Barbara Fisher, The Boston Globe

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1439189765
• ISBN 13: 9781439189764
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 672