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In fact, Dahl had always enjoyed a good relationship with Geoffrey Fisher, describing him as ‘frightfully nice’ in a letter home, and continuing to visit him as an adult.Īs a successful author, Dahl had even sent Fisher a copy of one of his books, signing it: ‘With gratitude and affection.’ Moreover, when Dahl’s seven-year-old daughter Olivia died suddenly, it was to Fisher he had turned for consolation. At the time those beatings had taken place, someone else was headmaster.

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‘The victim was told to wash away the blood before pulling up his trousers.’īut Dahl knew full well that he was pointing the finger at the wrong man. When Dahl came to write his autobiography, Boy, he chose to turn on his old headmaster, Geoffrey Fisher - later to become the Archbishop of Canterbury - accusing him of delivering ‘the most vicious beatings to the boys under his care’. To this list, one might also add ‘malicious liar’. Roald Dahl with wife Patricia Neal and children Olivia, Tessa, and Theo at their home White Fields in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire ‘He was a plagiarist, a racist, anti-Semitic, misogynistic and overbearingly rude,’ noted one reviewer last Sunday of a new biography of Dahl. At a time when some authors are being cancelled simply for holding unfashionable opinions, it is odd that others, infinitely more dodgy, are issued with the equivalent of a ‘Get Out Of Jail Free’ card. Recently, Netflix bought the rights to his works for £500million.įor some reason, Amis’s revelation about Dahl’s bullish attitude to his young readers - ‘little bastards’ - has been dismissed, forgotten or ignored.

A book by Dahl is now sold every 2.6 seconds. Since then, Amis’s sales figures have dwindled, while Dahl’s have soared. ‘Never mind,’ he said, ‘the little bastards’d swallow it.’Īmis insisted that these were Dahl’s exact words.ĭahl died in 1990 Amis died five years later. I’ve got no feeling for that kind of thing,’ replied Amis.ĭahl then said something that might, in our less forgiving times, have destroyed his reputation.

‘That’s where the money is today, believe me.’ Recently, Netflix bought the film rights to his works for £500millionĪccording to Amis, Dahl then gave the knife a further twist: ‘I hate to think of a chap of your distinction having to worry about money at your time of life.’ĭahl advised Amis to try his hand at a children’s book. Since his death in 1990, sales of Roald Dahl's books have soared - with a book sold every 2.6 seconds.