Boy : Tales of Childhood

“Throughout my young days at school and just afterwards, a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.”

Many remarkable things did happen to Roald Dahl when he was a boy, no doubt providing some of the marvellous ideas for his later books. And, like his stories, Dahl’s childhood tales are unmissable.

Sophie Dahl presents this recording of her grandfather Roald Dahl reading extracts from the story of his early life. Sophie herself reads an abridged version of the the book’s first chapter, which explains how Roald Dahl’s Norwegian grandparents came to live in Wales. Amongst the subjects covered are The Great Mouse Plot, Going to Norway, Boarding School, A Drive in the Motor Car, and Going to the Big School.