Storyteller

Informationen zum Autor Donald Sturrock worked at the BBC for ten years as a writer, producer and director. Since his departure from the BBC in 1992, he has written and directed a number of television programmes, including a film about Roald Dahl for the BBC.

Report

'Diabolically readable! Donald Sturrock-a goodhearted Charlie with the keys to the factory well in hand-makes lucky ticketholders of us all, revealing from deep within this exotic, guarded, often painful life the conjuring triumphs and dark tragedies of the 20th century's most wonderfully wicked storyteller.' -David Michaelis, author of Schulz and Peanuts
'Storyteller is a real liability if you have anything resembling a busy schedule. It hooks you from its opening sentence and before you know it you're up to your armpits in stories about spies and foxes and movie stars and you don't want to tear yourself away. As engrossing as only the best biographies can be.' -Tom Shone
'The person I met when I met Roald Dahl comes through vividly on the pages of Storyteller. Dahl told me that he was generally disappointed in what people wrote about him, but I believe he would have appreciated Donald Sturrock's beautifully written book.' Charlotte Chandler
'Irresistible. I thought I knew quite a lot about Roald Dahl, but now I know much much more. Donald Sturrock's book lucidly describes a complicated life and relates it to the richness of Dahl's storytelling.' Quentin Blake, illustrator

Product details

• Authors: Donald Sturrock, Sturrock Donald
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2010
• EAN: 9780007254767
• ISBN: 978-0-00-725476-7
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 241 mm x 45 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Novel-like biographies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biographien (div.), Dahl, Roald, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Biography: writers, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Roald Dahl;Willy Wonka;BFG;The Witches