Author: Roald Dahl
Title: Boy: Tales of Childhood
Publication: Paperback, Penguin Books
Pages: 176 pages
Genre: Biography
Acquisition: Recommended by Whisper1 (I think)
Date Completed: May 7, 2010
Rating: 5 stars out of 5
On the first page Dahl proclaims, "This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself." And, indeed, Boy does not fit the definition of an autobiography, as he describes it in his introduction. Free from "boring details," Boy is a collection of memories that remained significant to Dahl in his adulthood. From houses, to vacations, to dead mice and even canings, Dahl paints a vivid picture of his life at home and school, until his life lead him to be a pilot in WWII. Occasionally heartbreaking, often funny, and consistently charming, Boy is a wonderful exercise in non-autobiographical writing.
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