Teller of the Unexpected by Matthew Dennison
A concise life of Roald Dahl much-loved author and creator of numerous iconic literary characters.
Devotes 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 *
Superb 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 *
Matthew 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 *
A well-researched, compact book * Observer *
This book is riveting, and immaculately written * Sunday Telegraph *
Brace 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 *
A crisply done and well-judged survey of the outline of the life * TLS *
[An] impeccably balanced new biography * Mail on Sunday *
An intriguing read about a vastly talented but morally weak man * The Anglo-Celt *
Dennison recasts the narrative of the daredevil pilot and spy-turned-author as a rule-breaker, romantic and ultimately a child's friend * School House *
An elegant new biography... capturing [Dahl’s] grandiose, tragedy-specked life. * The New York Times *
Superb 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 *
Matthew 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 *
A well-researched, compact book * Observer *
This book is riveting, and immaculately written * Sunday Telegraph *
Brace 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 *
A crisply done and well-judged survey of the outline of the life * TLS *
[An] impeccably balanced new biography * Mail on Sunday *
An intriguing read about a vastly talented but morally weak man * The Anglo-Celt *
Dennison recasts the narrative of the daredevil pilot and spy-turned-author as a rule-breaker, romantic and ultimately a child's friend * School House *
An elegant new biography... capturing [Dahl’s] grandiose, tragedy-specked life. * The New York Times *
Matthew Dennison is the author of nine critically acclaimed works of non-fiction, including Behind the Mask: The Life of Vita Sackville-West, a Book of the Year in The Times, Spectator, Independent and Observer, and the much-praised Eternal Boy, a life of Kenneth Grahame, and his biography of Her Late Majesty The Queen, published by Head of Zeus.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781788549417 |
| ISBN 10 | 1788549414 |
| Title | Teller of the Unexpected |
| Author | Matthew Dennison |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2022-08-04 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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