![]() ![]() The book is terrifying all on its own given its premise, but it was the language which made me enjoy it all the more, opening up worlds I didn’t know were possible: “A real witch gets the same pleasure from squelching a child as you get from eating a plateful of strawberries and thick cream.” It’s the word “squelch” for me that truly signals why Dahl’s prose was always so wickedly revolting-and I mean that in the greatest sense. ![]() Take The Witches, which has just gotten yet another film adaptation. I can still trace my love of language to his wordplay-loving novels, many of which I devoured as a young precocious kid. It’s no surprise his books have proven fertile ground for both sublime cinematic gems and deliriously horrid film versions. I still have vivid memories of reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda in school (we even read his rather unsavory memoir Boy his accounts of boarding school bullying haunt me to this day!) and of watching the delightful early ’90s film adaptations of some of his better known works. Roald Dahl holds a special place in my childhood. Sign up for our newsletter to get submission announcements and stay on top of our best work. ![]()
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