Edited by Donald Sturrock, this choice of letters written over four decades tracks the emergence of a writer’s talentDo you kiss your mother with a mouth like that? The phrase takes on a special twist when applied to Roald Dahl. One striking thing about this enjoyable choice from Dahl’s devoted four-decade correspondence with his mother is fairly how free he is with profanities. Related: Quentin Blake at 80: the illustrator's magical art The major crisis in Dahl's letters is the plane crash in the Libyan desert in 1940 – it nearly killed himContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com