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    <![CDATA[<p><em>&quot;An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.<p>This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.&quot; -- Roald Dahl</p><p>As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling 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? 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!</p>Performed by Derek Jacobi</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[My interest in reading this novel was stimulated a few weeks ago when I visited some friends, one of whom over the course of the evening dug up his collection of Roald Dahl books and proceeded to reintroduce us the magic we had near forgetten we had experienced as children in reading them. <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6874167">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>&quot;An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.<p>This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.&quot; -- Roald Dahl</p><p>As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling 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? 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!</p>Performed by Derek Jacobi</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite autobiography. I was envious of Dahl when he told of the story of when Cadbury would send new candy to his boarding school for the children to test. I remember the candy he described, it sounded delicious, but today you can't find the candy because this was around the 40's. I don...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4030929">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;&quot;'I am only eight years old,' I told myself. 'No little boy of eight has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible.'&quot;<br/><br/>So thought Roald Dahl in 1924 when his plan to get revenge on the mean and disgusting candy-store owner Mrs. Pratchett seemed to have worked all too well. Writing about this and other boyhood adventures, the author has recalled only those that stand out as spectacular. &quot;Some are funny. Some are painful. Some are unpleasant. I suppose that is why I have always remembered them so vividly. All are true.&quot;<br/><br/>We are told of his first automobile ride, in which he nearly lost his nose; of the canings by Headmasters and older schoolboys; and of the grisly methods of Matrons, those guardians against misbehavior who supervised the dormitories. There were glorious times, too, with his big family at home in Wales; on holiday each summer on a remote island in Norway; and in the class of an endearing math teacher who thought numbers the dreariest things in the world.<br/><br/>Roald Dahl's adventures and misadventures during his school years are crowded with people as strange and wonderful as any character he has created and are as exciting and full of the unexpected as his celebrated fiction.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not usually one for autobiographies, but this one rocked. Ronald Dahl was a fortunate child. Fortunate that he wasn't killed many times by events in his life and by the awesome adventures and memories he was privileged to have.<br/>I will give you my favorite excerpt from this book.<br/>&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46283369">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>&quot;An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.<p>This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.&quot; -- Roald Dahl</p><p>As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling 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? 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!</p>Performed by Derek Jacobi</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think Roald Dahl is probably the best children's storyteller. When my third grade teacher read &quot;Charlie and the Chocolate Factory&quot; to our class I remember thinking, &quot;This guy is really good.&quot; But as good as &quot;Charlie and the Chocolate Factory&quot; is (or The Twits or The W...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36609695">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>&quot;An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.<p>This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.&quot; -- Roald Dahl</p><p>As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling 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? 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!</p>Performed by Derek Jacobi</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really didn't know anything about Roald Dahl, other than that he was the author of The BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  Sara  picked up this book in Dubai and loved it, so I read it, too.  and what a great story!   Dahl is a very good describer - it's very easy to imagine what life was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42201892">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>&quot;An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.<p>This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.&quot; -- Roald Dahl</p><p>As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling 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? 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!</p>Performed by Derek Jacobi</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can’t remember whether or not I had ever read this book as a child, but I am certainly pleased that I picked it up for a little quick lunchtime reading in my grownup life.  Boy is the autobiography of children’s literature legend Roald Dahl.  A simple and classic account of boyhood, Boy recoun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58129800">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;&quot;'I am only eight years old,' I told myself. 'No little boy of eight has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible.'&quot;<br/><br/>So thought Roald Dahl in 1924 when his plan to get revenge on the mean and disgusting candy-store owner Mrs. Pratchett seemed to have worked all too well. Writing about this and other boyhood adventures, the author has recalled only those that stand out as spectacular. &quot;Some are funny. Some are painful. Some are unpleasant. I suppose that is why I have always remembered them so vividly. All are true.&quot;<br/><br/>We are told of his first automobile ride, in which he nearly lost his nose; of the canings by Headmasters and older schoolboys; and of the grisly methods of Matrons, those guardians against misbehavior who supervised the dormitories. There were glorious times, too, with his big family at home in Wales; on holiday each summer on a remote island in Norway; and in the class of an endearing math teacher who thought numbers the dreariest things in the world.<br/><br/>Roald Dahl's adventures and misadventures during his school years are crowded with people as strange and wonderful as any character he has created and are as exciting and full of the unexpected as his celebrated fiction.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, all I can say is, I'm REALLY glad I wasn't a kid in Roald Dahl's time. The idea of Fagging particularily disgusts me (of course i'm a girl, so I wouldn't have had anything to worry about.[?:]) But you can see where Roald Dahl gets the idea that alot of grown-ups are evil. Almost every single o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69542396">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>&quot;An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.<p>This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.&quot; -- Roald Dahl</p><p>As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling 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? 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!</p>Performed by Derek Jacobi</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A quick read (I read it in the hours I was sitting around waiting to see if I would be picked for jury duty). I have come to really enjoy Roald Dahl--I don't think he was a particular favorite of mine as a child. There are a number of vintage set pieces (&quot;The Great Mouse Plot,&quot; A Drive in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57122825">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>&quot;An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.<p>This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.&quot; -- Roald Dahl</p><p>As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling 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? 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!</p>Performed by Derek Jacobi</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The tradition of English diarists is to pretty much document everything that ever happened to them in minutae. Biographies were the Twitter of reminiscence. Anyway, it's dry but you get a good idea where he began to get his fascination with candy shops ...]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>&quot;An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.<p>This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.&quot; -- Roald Dahl</p><p>As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling 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? 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!</p>Performed by Derek Jacobi</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gue udah selesai baca buku ini. Baru ajah. Pagi ini tepatnya. Tanggal lima bulan lima tahun dua ribu sembilan pukul delapan tepat. <br/><br/>Pertama lihat buku pasti gue lihat bagian cover dan bagian belakang bukunya. Pertama lihay cover gue pikir buku ini bercerrita tentang seorang anak laki-laki...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56008943">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>&quot;An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.<p>This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.&quot; -- Roald Dahl</p><p>As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling 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? 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!</p>Performed by Derek Jacobi</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Boy is about Roald Dahl's lifetime as a young kid. He talks about his life as he grows up throughout the book. From when he was just a small baby to when he becomes 20. He talks about his experience in school and college. All the troubles, memories, and adventures he has had as a kid is in this book...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73932896">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is my all-time favorite. Love it. It is all about the childhood of Roald Dahl (writer of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) it really lets you into the funny and zany childhood of Roald Dahl. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>&quot;An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.<p>This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.&quot; -- Roald Dahl</p><p>As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling 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? 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!</p>Performed by Derek Jacobi</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fantastic light read inspired by Dahl's childhood experiences, Boy successfully illustrates the innocence of being a child. Also a typical poor immigrant story, the protagonist faces conformity to new environments and terrifying experiences as a youth. The unregulated boarding schools of Dahl's ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77490445">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>&quot;An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.<p>This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.&quot; -- Roald Dahl</p><p>As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling 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? 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!</p>Performed by Derek Jacobi</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I was around, what? 7 years old (or whenever a child reads a typical Roald Dahl book), my parents mistakenly bought this for me, not understanding the content. Needless to say, it was not a typical Roald Dahl book and practically scared the shit out of the 7 year old me. I think I've repressed ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45405966">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;&quot;'I am only eight years old,' I told myself. 'No little boy of eight has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible.'&quot;<br/><br/>So thought Roald Dahl in 1924 when his plan to get revenge on the mean and disgusting candy-store owner Mrs. Pratchett seemed to have worked all too well. Writing about this and other boyhood adventures, the author has recalled only those that stand out as spectacular. &quot;Some are funny. Some are painful. Some are unpleasant. I suppose that is why I have always remembered them so vividly. All are true.&quot;<br/><br/>We are told of his first automobile ride, in which he nearly lost his nose; of the canings by Headmasters and older schoolboys; and of the grisly methods of Matrons, those guardians against misbehavior who supervised the dormitories. There were glorious times, too, with his big family at home in Wales; on holiday each summer on a remote island in Norway; and in the class of an endearing math teacher who thought numbers the dreariest things in the world.<br/><br/>Roald Dahl's adventures and misadventures during his school years are crowded with people as strange and wonderful as any character he has created and are as exciting and full of the unexpected as his celebrated fiction.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really wonderful - started just a tad slow, and I was thrown off by the simplicity of his style (it IS and autobiography for kids, after all), but it was fascinating, engaging, funny, and intense.  His detail is rich, and he captures very vividly both the emotion and the action of growing up in the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63539503">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>&quot;An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.<p>This is not an autobiography. I would never write a history of myself. On the other hand, throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.&quot; -- Roald Dahl</p><p>As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling 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? 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!</p>Performed by Derek Jacobi</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Grades 4 and up<br/><br/>Roald Dahl's autobiography is written using the same language and turns of phrase as his wildly popular children's books.  Dahl uses an almost facetious tone to describe some of the childhood and young adult escapades that helped form his world view and, thus, his writing....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81141544">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;&quot;'I am only eight years old,' I told myself. 'No little boy of eight has ever murdered anyone. It's not possible.'&quot;So thought Roald Dahl in 1924 when his plan to get revenge on the mean and disgusting candy-store owner Mrs. Pratchett seemed to have worked all too well. Writing about this and other boyhood adventures, the author has recalled only those that stand out as spectacular. &quot;Some are funny. Some are painful. Some are unpleasant. I suppose that is why I have always remembered them so vividly. All are true.&quot;We are told of his first automobile ride, in which he nearly lost his nose; of the canings by Headmasters and older schoolboys; and of the grisly methods of Matrons, those guardians against misbehavior who supervised the dormitories. There were glorious times, too, with his big family at home in Wales; on holiday each summer on a remote island in Norway; and in the class of an endearing math teacher who thought numbers the dreariest things in the world.Roald Dahl's adventures and misadventures during his school years are crowded with people as strange and wonderful as any character he has created and are as exciting and full of the unexpected as his celebrated fiction.&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The beauty of this book is in the way it was written. It's like Roald Dahl was your buddy and for each time you were together, he told you pieces of his life when he was very young. It is not as grandiose as say Frank McCourt's ANGELA'S ASHES (that was not all true according to its critics). In fact...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76990911">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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