Great Writers. Roald Dahl

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Roald Dahl, 1916-1990, Britain's best selling author of children's books like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "James and the Giant Peach," is known for his children's stories, but he led an adventurous early life as biplane pilot in Africa, RAF fighter pilot in WWII, and British intelligence agent. His daughter Ophelia and his second wife, Felicity Crosland Dahl, recall Dahl's family and writing life at Gipsy House in Great Missenden, England. Apart from Dahl's books for children, he wrote erotic adult fiction, poetry and plays. We hear excerpts from some of his children's stories, see illustrations by Quentin Blake and meet his French editor.bDahl refutes criticism of his slightly naughty descriptions and unsympathetic portrait of women in "The Witches," and jabs at accepted conventions as a connection to the realism of childhood.