Book description
They Shall Not Grow Old is a short, gripping story of life in
wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.
In They Shall Not Grow Old, Roald Dahl, one of the world's
favourite authors, tells of a pilot who goes missing for two days and
the strange tale he eventually reveals on his return . . .
They Shall Not Grow Old is taken from the short story
collection Over to You, which includes nine other dramatic and
terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot, and is drawn from
Dahl's own experiences during the Second World War.
This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download
read by Cillian Murphy.
Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach,
Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of
short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have
often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West
End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald
Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales
of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers, despite his
death in 1990, and total UK sales are 55 million worldwide! Quentin
Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators
and it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without
imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations.
