![]() ![]() ![]() He was a perfect source for Alfred Hitchcock's 25-minute TV mysteries. ![]() His realism, lack of sentimentality, distrust of the adult world and streak of cruelty came from experiencing childhood, the class system and public schools from an alien perspective (a boy of Norwegian parents observing British institutions), followed by Second World War service as an RAF fighter pilot and subsequent intelligence work in Washington.Īpart from an awareness of his varied audiences, there isn't a great deal of difference between Dahl's writing for adult and juvenile readers, and one of the chief challenges in adapting his stories is opening them up. T he precision, brevity and clarity of Roald Dahl's literary style probably derived from the way you learn to give orders, keep logs, write situation reports and contribute to debriefings as an officer in the armed forces. ![]()
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