From one of our finest literary biographers comes a brilliant biography of Roald Dahl: the much-loved author and creator of countless iconic literary characters. In this brand-new biography, Matthew Dennison re-evaluates the traditional narrative surrounding Dahl and examines surviving primary resources as well as Dahl's extensive literary output to tell the story of a man who identified as a rule-breaker, an iconoclast, and a romantic—both insider and outsider, war hero and child's friend. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice.