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Storyteller :

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2010.Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: x, 655 p., [24] p. of plates : illISBN:
  • 9781416550822
  • 9781439180457 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823/.914 B
Contents:
Prologue : Lunch with Igor Stravinsky -- The outsider -- Shutting out the sun -- Boy -- Foul things and horrid people -- Distant faraway lands -- A monumental bash on the head -- David and Goliath -- Alive but earthbound -- A sort of fairy story -- Secrets and lies -- The scholar-gypsy -- The poacher -- The master of the macabre -- A tornado of troubles -- Breaking point -- Indomitable -- The gentle warmth of love -- Explosions are exciting -- The wizard and the wonderman -- No point in struggling.
Review: This authorized biography, written by a BBC producer and director 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.
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Books Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). PR6054.A35 .S88 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0163024

Prologue : Lunch with Igor Stravinsky -- The outsider -- Shutting out the sun -- Boy -- Foul things and horrid people -- Distant faraway lands -- A monumental bash on the head -- David and Goliath -- Alive but earthbound -- A sort of fairy story -- Secrets and lies -- The scholar-gypsy -- The poacher -- The master of the macabre -- A tornado of troubles -- Breaking point -- Indomitable -- The gentle warmth of love -- Explosions are exciting -- The wizard and the wonderman -- No point in struggling.

This authorized biography, written by a BBC producer and director 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.

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