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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.
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- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- First published
- 1984
- Pages
- 182
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning Prebound, Farrar, Straus, Girooux, Heinemann Educational Publishers
- Editions
- 76
- Language
- cat, Italian, Chinese, German
- ISBN
- 9780241568699
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“An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is full of all sorts of boring details.”
Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Born in north Cardiff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, Dahl served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence agent. He rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors. His short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their unsentimental, often very dark humour. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl
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