deadwriters:

On this day in 1990, beloved children’s author Roald Dahl died from a blood disease at the age of 74. Apparently, Dahl was buried with his snooker cues, burgundy wine, chocolates, HB pencils and a power saw… we don’t know about you, but we cannot think of a better way to go out.

Mr. Dahl…

I think I read all of Dahl’s kids books and I’ve even made some headway into his more adult collections. I also read both of his autobiographies and the huge biography of his that came out last year (Storyteller by Donald Sturrock – it was excellent). If you want to catch up on your Dahl love but don’t have time to re-read his books today, feel free to dip into my reviews:

Fantastic Mr. Fox (published 1970)
Danny the Champion of the World (published 1977)
Boy: Tales of Childhood (published 1984)
Going Solo (published 1986)