Matthew Dennison

Gebundenes Buch

Teller of the Unexpected

The Life of Roald Dahl, An Unofficial Biography

Beschreibung

A concise life of Roald Dahl â much-loved author and creator of numerous iconic literary characters.

Autor

Matthew Dennison is the author of nine critically acclaimed works of non-fiction, including Behind the Mask: The Life of Vita Sackville-West, a Book of the Year in The Times, Spectator, Independent and Observer, and the much-praised Eternal Boy, a life of Kenneth Grahame, and his biography of Her late Majesty The Queen, published by Head of Zeus.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 140mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9781788549417
• ISBN-10: 1788549414
• Artikelnr.: 62216685

Rezensionen

Devotes a large chunk of his book to Dahl's Norwegian family and schooldays; their combination of warmth, tragedy, inspiration and savagery is brilliantly evoked... [His account] makes you feel grudging admiration for a bully whose self-belief was, in a way, heroic Sunday Times