{"product_id":"teller-of-the-unexpected-the-life-of-roald-dahl-an-unofficial-biography-9781788549417","title":"Teller of the Unexpected: The Life of Roald Dahl,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook of the Week on Radio 4, and in the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Week\u003c\/i\u003e  'Riveting, and immaculately written' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   'A superb psychological study of a literary genius' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBusiness Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   'A rounded picture... and gets to Dahl's flawed, human core' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   'Crisply done and well-judged' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  Roald Dahl was one of the world's greatest storytellers. He conceived his vocation as one as intrepid as that of any explorer and, in his writing for children, he was able to tap into a child's viewpoint throughout his life. He crafted tales that were exotic in scenario, frequently invested with a moral, and filled with vibrant characters that endure in public imagination to the present day.  In this brand-new biography, Matthew Dennison re-evaluates the received narrative surrounding Dahl – that of school sporting hero, daredevil pilot, and wartime spy-turned-author – and examines surviving primary resources as well as Dahl's extensive literary output to tell the story of a man who identified as a rule-breaker, an iconoclast and a romantic, both insider and outsider, hero and child's friend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevotes 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 *\u003cbr\u003eSuperb psychological study of a literary genius... Matthew Dennison's biography of Roald Dahl manages to peel back the layers of an infamously complex man * Sunday Business Post *\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Dennison's streamlined text clips along with an economy befitting Dahl's brusque manner... Dennison presents a rounded picture [...] and gets to Dahl's flawed, human core * Country Life *\u003cbr\u003eA well-researched, compact book * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is riveting, and immaculately written * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eBrace yourself for Dahl mania... Documenting the multi-layered life of Roald Dahl as a creative maverick who created some of the most well-loved characters in literature, this biography reevaluates Dahl by examining his surviving relics * Tatler *\u003cbr\u003eA crisply done and well-judged survey of the outline of the life * TLS *\u003cbr\u003e[An] impeccably balanced new biography * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eAn intriguing read about a vastly talented but morally weak man * The Anglo-Celt *\u003cbr\u003eDennison recasts the narrative of the daredevil pilot and spy-turned-author as a rule-breaker, romantic and ultimately a child's friend * School House *\u003cbr\u003eAn elegant new biography... capturing [Dahl’s] grandiose, tragedy-specked life. * The New York Times *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412535451991,"sku":"9781788549417","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781788549417.jpg?v=1730517098","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teller-of-the-unexpected-the-life-of-roald-dahl-an-unofficial-biography-9781788549417","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}