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Author Sturrock, Donald.
Title Storyteller : the authorized biography of Roald Dahl / Donald Sturrock.
Publisher New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Edition 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.


LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 Central Arts Literature & Sports  B Dahl 2010    CHECK SHELF
Purchase made possible by Birmingham Branch and Alabama State Association of the National League of American Pen Women
 Hoover Biography  B DAHL    CHECK SHELF
 Mountain Brook Adult  B Dahl StuD    CHECK SHELF

Description x, 655 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Edition 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [573]-635) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
ISBN 9781416550822 (hc.)
1416550828 (hc.)
9781439180457 (ebk.)
1439180458 (ebk.)
Author Sturrock, Donald.
Subject Dahl, Roald.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Children's literature -- Authorship.
Self in literature.
Storytelling.
Description x, 655 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Edition 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [573]-635) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
ISBN 9781416550822 (hc.)
1416550828 (hc.)
9781439180457 (ebk.)
1439180458 (ebk.)
Author Sturrock, Donald.
Subject Dahl, Roald.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Children's literature -- Authorship.
Self in literature.
Storytelling.
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 Central Arts Literature & Sports  B Dahl 2010    CHECK SHELF
Purchase made possible by Birmingham Branch and Alabama State Association of the National League of American Pen Women
 Hoover Biography  B DAHL    CHECK SHELF
 Mountain Brook Adult  B Dahl StuD    CHECK SHELF

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