Roald Dahl (1916–1990) was born #OTD, 13 September. A huge influence on his writing was Saki (Hector Hugh Munro, 1870–1916). Dahl wrote,
“In all literature, [Saki] was the first to employ successfully a wildly outrageous premise in order to make a serious point. I love that. And today the best of his stories are still better than the best of just about every other writer around.”
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https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v38/n16/katherine-rundell/ferrets-can-be-gods
#Scottish #literature #RoaldDahl #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #Saki