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Storyteller by Donald Sturrock5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Handpicked by the Roald Dahl Estate to write this authorized biography, Sturrock doesn’t offer much detailed literary analysis however, he does do an exceedingly admirable job of capturing Dahl’s theatrical personality, while at the same time probing beneath the larger-than-life surface to reveal what made both the world-famous author and the private man tick. Married twice, the first time to actress Patricia O’Neal, he relished his lavish lifestyle and socialized with a formidable array of literati and popular celebrities. Dahl himself lived life on a very large canvas as a fighter pilot, intelligence agent, diplomat, novelist, screenwriter, family man, and bon vivant. Sturrock successfully peels away the layers of this complicated and accomplished public figure, revealing a life as fascinating and, at times, as darkly humorous as one of his own novels. Donald Sturrock is recalling the very first time he met Roald Dahl, back in 1985, when the then 23-year-old Sturrock was a lowly director at the BBC who had proposed 'the most famous living. Now in paperback-Donald Sturrocks Storyteller is a major literary. ![]() Today, Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach, is primarily celebrated for his iconoclastic children’s novels. Buy a cheap copy of Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of. ![]()
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