
373 Roald Dahl
The History of Literature
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'Rold Doll's 'Ugly Stereotypes'
Doll hated being thought of as a children's author. He could be mean about that. There was a lot of dyspepsia in his world view. That might be an excuse for unhappiness, but it's not an excuse for cruelty or anti semitism. We have yet another author like william faulkner with his truly awful comments about race.
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