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Boy - Tales Of Childhood

Titel:
Boy – Tales of Childhood
Author:
Roald Dahl
Publisher:
Wolters-Noordhoff
Year of Publishing:
1994
City of Publishing:
Groningen

Titel description:
The story is bout the life of Roald Dahl and when he was young, his mother gave him the nickname "Boy".

Information about Roald Dahl:
Roald Dahl's quirky and darkly funny tales made him a popular children's author in the second half of the 20th century. His career as a salesman for Shell Petroleum in Africa was interrupted by World War II; Dahl joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot, saw action, and ended up as a liaison in Washington, D.C. There he met the author C.S. Forester, who encouraged Dahl to write about his war experiences. Most of Dahl's early tales were short stories for adults, often alarmingly macabre and with O. Henry-style twists. In the 1960s he began to write children's books; his first, James and the Giant Peach, was published in 1961. Charlie and the Chocolate......


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Approximate Word Count: 477
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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