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Few Writers Have Had The Enduring Cultural Influence Of Roald Dahl, Who Inspired Generations Of Loyal Readers. Acclaimed Biographer Jeremy Treglown Cuts No Corners In Humanizing This Longstanding Immortal Of Juvenile Fiction. Roald Dahl Explores This Master Of Children's Literature From Childhood—focusing A Tight Lens On The Relationship Between Dahl And His Mother, Who Lovingly Referred To Him As Apple—through To His Death. Treglown Deftly Navigates Dahl's Time As A Fighter Pilot In The Royal Air Force, Exploring How The Experience Transformed Many Of The Beliefs That Influenced The English Writer's Work, Including The Gremlins, Which Was Commissioned By Walt Disney. A Former Editor Of The Times Literary Supplement, Treglown Discusses Many Of Dahl's Most Famous Works, Such As James And The Giant Peach And Fantastic Mr. Fox, While Also Delving Into His Marriage To Actress Patricia Neal, Combing Through Letters And Archives To Show A Man Who Could Be Both Comic And Vitriolic, Thoughtful Yet Manipulative And Irascible. Treglown Highlights Many Of Dahl's Literary Achievements As Well As His Breakdowns And Shortcomings, Presenting A Very Personal And Telling Picture Of The Author And T

Author

Treglown, Jeremy, author

Publisher

London ; Boston: Faber and Faber; Chatham: Printed by Mackays; London: Phototypeset by Intype

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780571165735

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography

Rating

3.6 / 5 (176 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14