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Boy

by Roald Dahl

4.1 · 182 pages · First published 1984

Boy is an autobiographical book by British writer Roald Dahl. This book describes his life from birth 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 as a career. It ends with his first job, working for Royal Dutch Shell. His autobiography continues in the book Going Solo. An expanded edition titled More About Boy was published in 2008, featuring the full original text and illustrations with additional stories, letters, and photographs. It presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school.

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Perfection Learning Prebound, Farrar, Straus, Girooux, Heinemann Educational Publishers, Chivers Audio Books, Editorial Empúries, Penguin UK
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