Roald Dahl

Here's another author I like. I don't know about you, but when I was a kid I devoured all of his books. James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The Witches, George's Marvellous Medicine, Matilda of course, The BFG... Then I read Boy - Tales of Childhood. And later I had a taste of his short stories, reading Kiss Kiss. (Unfortunately I lost that book because I lent it to a friend who lost it..).

Anyway, until now, I have never been disappointed by a book of Roald Dahl. Of course I mainly know his children's fiction, but now that I've grown up a little I'm pretty enthusiastic about discovering his other fictions.







That's why lately I read My Uncle Oswald. A pretty original story - like many Roald Dahl's stories I guess. It's the story of Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, or more precisely the story of how he became a rich man, using a powerful aphrodisiac, the Sudanese Blister Beetle powder.
This book is kind of silly. I mean, every page describes an incredible situation. But somehow you can't let it down until you've reached the last words of it. And it's funny. Basically, just read it. Or maybe don't, it depends on your age. I guess if you're too young it may seem a bit weird. After all, it is all about sex.

So once more I wasn't disappointed by that book. At all. I'll tell you when I read another Roald Dahl. I'm sure it will be another great book.

And how about you? How do you feel about Roald Dahl? Which ones of his books have you read?