A review by annepw
Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl

4.0

Charming. I picked up this book again when I was going through a difficult time and it was instantly effective at keeping my mind off things. Dahl is good messy fun for kids and 'Boy' holds its own against Dahl's fiction for children, as there is no shortage of no-good-very-bad adults and mischievous children, foremost Dahl himself. I'm really interested to read his follow-up memoir of his time in Africa and the Royal Air Force as a young man, where I expect his good-natured English imperialism will be even more apparent than it is here.