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Boy

By: Roald Dahl
Narrated by: Dan Stevens
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Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny. Did you know that Roald Dahl nearly lost his nose in a car accident? Or that he was once a chocolate candy tester for Cadbury's? Have you heard about his involvement in the Great Mouse Plot of 1924? If not, you don’t yet know all there is to know about Roald Dahl. Sure to captivate and delight you, the boyhood antics of this master storyteller are not to be missed!

©2009 Roald Dahl (P)2009 Penguin Audio Action & Adventure Biographies Classics Humor Literary Literature & Fiction Funny Witty

Critic reviews

“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian...[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” (The New York Times)
Entertaining Adventures • Wry Humor • Masterful Performance • Vivid Imagery • Compelling Storytelling
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Delightful recount of childhood, I enjoyed immensely
Dan Stevens is a wonderful narrator. Highly recommended for all ages. Going to download going solo right now.

Wonderful

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Great story. Fantastic narration job from Dan Stevens. Dahl is hilarious. I highly recommend this for adults and older children.

Superb!

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By far my favorite book Roald Dahl has written I love the goats tobacco most

Goats tobacco

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I Loved everything about it. The narration is wonderful, the book itself sublime. The best narration I’ve heard on audible.

Love this book so much. The narration was perfect.

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If you could sum up Boy in three words, what would they be?

a funny elegance

Who was your favorite character and why?

Roald Dahl is the primary character and this is about himself as a boy.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, I didn't really want to listen to this all in one sitting...I wanted to hear something courageous and humorous outside of my immediacy to lull me into smiling may way to dreams and because I fall asleep before it's over, I have the pleasure of listening again.

Any additional comments?

If you compare this to Roald Dahl himself reading his own stories...this was better. Dan Stevens made a very good story, excellent.

non fiction and wonderful!

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I loved it so detailed and funny recommend for 4th grade this is a must read

Beat book ever

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10 out of 10 keep making more books love it perfect and I praise you for it.💯👍

Interesting funny realistic

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Page-turning story, integrally powered by Dahl’s wonderfully distinctive, ruthless, lyrical voice, and flawlessly, stunningly rendered by Stevens’ remarkable performance - not a nuance missed.

Flawless reading of marvelous Dahl

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Loved it. Dan Stevens did an amazing job reading an amazing work. I loved hearing the stories that formed one of my favorite authors.

brilliant read!

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A wonderful retelling of role dolls early childhood wonderfully narrated by Dan Stevens. A pleasure at any age.

Wonderful

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