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A doctor was summoned, but was drunk on arrival and mistook the fractured arm for a dislocated shoulder.

Harald had suffered an unfortunate accident as a teenager in the late 1870s, breaking his left arm by fixing the ceiling tiles of the family home and then falling off the ladder. Harald and his brother Oscar, who were born in the 1860s, split up and went their separate ways after deciding that a better future lay before them outside their native Norway. Roald Dahl's father Harald Dahl and mother Sofie Hesselberg were Norwegians who emigrated to Wales before World War I, and settled in Cardiff. His life story continues in the book Going Solo.Īn expanded edition titled More About Boy was published in 2008, featuring the full original text and illustrations with additional stories, letters, and photographs. It concludes with his first job, working for Royal Dutch Shell. This book describes his life from early childhood until leaving school, focusing on living conditions in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, the public school system at the time, and how his childhood experiences led him to writing children's books as a career. You can listen to all of Roald Dahl's stories on Puffin Audiobooks, read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy sound effects from Pinewood Studios! Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits.Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) is an autobiography written by British writer Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl vividly shares his memories some are funny. You'll hear tales of horrible school bullies and the motor-car accident when Roald's nose was nearly sliced clean off.

There are stories of holidays in fishing boats, African adventures and the days of tasting chocolate for Cadbury's. There was the time he and four school friends got their revenge on beastly Mrs Prachett in her sweet shop.

As a boy, all sorts of unusual things happened to Roald Dahl. Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! BOY, Roald Dahl's bestselling autobiography, is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood and school days, illustrated by Quentin Blake.