Storyteller
Subtitle: the life of Roald Dahl
By: Donald Sturrock
Publisher: HarperPress
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 655
ISBN-13: 9780007254767; 9780007341184
Subjects: English Novelists; Biography
Description: Roald Dahl is one of the greatest storytellers of all time. He pushed children's literature into uncharted territory, and almost twenty years after his death his popularity continues to grow. The man behind the mesmerising stories, however, has remained an enigma and his public persona was often controversial. An intimate portrait of an intensely private man.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Lunch with Igor Stravinsky; title: The outsider; title: Shutting out the sun; title: Boy; title: Foul things and horrid people; title: Distant faraway lands; title: A monumental bash on the head; title: David and Goliath; title: Alive but earthbound; title: A sort of fairy story; title: Secrets and lies; title: The scholar-gypsy; title: The poacher; title: The master of the macabre; title: A tornado of troubles; title: Breaking point; title: Indomitable; title: The gentle warmth of love; title: Explosions are exciting; title: The wizard and the wonderman; title: No point in struggling.