Roald Dahl: A Biography is a literary biography that examines the life and work of Roald Dahl beyond the familiar image of the beloved children’s author. Jeremy Treglown follows Dahl from his childhood and wartime service through his early adult fiction, screenwriting, family tragedies and eventual rise as one of the most widely read writers for children, while also addressing the contradictions in his public and private character. The book looks closely at the imagination behind works such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach and The Witches, but it also explores Dahl’s difficult relationships, ambition, cruelty, charm and appetite for self-mythologizing. This is a biography for readers interested in modern British literature, children’s books, literary lives and the uneasy gap between an author’s stories and the person who created them.
Author: Jeremy Treglown
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Publication Year: 1994
Number of Pages: 307