This year for my summer fun reading I decided to read a few of Roald Dahl's books that I somehow never got around to reading as a child. To cap it all off I decided to read more about Dahl as an author and came across this biography. Dahl lived a fascinating life--WWII pilot, WWII spy in the US, married an Oscar-winning actress, helped invent a shunt for pediatric head injuries, and of course wrote his collection of beloved children's books. The author of this bio has plenty of material to work with, but didn't seem to know how to edit. 600 pages was way too long!