Boy: Tales of Childhood

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The book started with Dahl's voyage to Africa in 1938, which was prompted by his desire to find adventure after finishing school. [1] He was on a boat heading towards Dar es Salaam for his new job working for Shell Oil. During this journey, he met various people [2] and described extraordinary events such as a lion carrying a woman in its mouth. The Devious Bachelor", Sunday Book Review of The Irregulars, Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington by Jennet Conant, The New York Times, 17 October 2008 Maunder, Andrew (2007). The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story. Infobase. ISBN 978-0-8160-7496-9. McCall, Douglas (2013). Monty Python: A Chronology, 1969–2012 (2nded.). McFarland. ISBN 9780786478118. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023 . Retrieved 24 October 2022.Roald Dahl (British author)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015 . Retrieved 16 September 2014. In 2016, marking the centenary of Dahl's birth, Rennie compiled The Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary which includes many of his invented words and their meaning. [130] Rennie commented that some of Dahl's words have already escaped his world, for example, Scrumdiddlyumptious: "Food that is utterly delicious". [130] In his poetry, Dahl gives a humorous re-interpretation of well-known nursery rhymes and fairy tales, parodying the narratives and providing surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after. Dahl's collection of poems, Revolting Rhymes, is recorded in audiobook form, and narrated by actor Alan Cumming. [132] Screenplays Wes Anderson to Direct Roald Dahl's 'Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar' for Netflix with Benedict Cumberbatch". IndieWire. 7 January 2022. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022 . Retrieved 4 November 2022.

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Throughout his childhood and adolescent years, Dahl spent most of his summer holidays with his mother's family in Norway. He wrote about many happy memories from those visits in Boy: Tales of Childhood, such as when he replaced the tobacco in his half-sister's fiancé's pipe with goat droppings. [48] He noted only one unhappy memory of his holidays in Norway: at around the age of eight, he had to have his adenoids removed by a doctor. [49] His childhood and first job selling kerosene in Midsomer Norton and surrounding villages in Somerset are subjects in Boy: Tales of Childhood. [50] After school a b "Fans gather for Dahl celebration". BBC. 13 September 2006. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014 . Retrieved 16 September 2014. White, Bethany (18 November 2016). "We've all been pronouncing Roald Dahl's name wrong for years". walesonline. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020 . Retrieved 11 January 2020. Hamlin, Dominic (27 November 2015). "Roald Dahl's greatest philosophical quotes ever". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020 . Retrieved 23 September 2020.