Danny And The Champions Of The World - Danny & The Champions Of The World

Advantages: Beautiful story and Characters
Disadvantages: Don`t be daft it`s by Roald Dahl

...and your J.R.R. Tolkiens, Roald Dahl is the undisputed king of the writing world with Danny the Champion of the World (DTCOTW) amongst the best of his work. The book has so many elements to it that it needs repeated reading just to appreciate them all. On the surface DTCOTW is a tale of poaching pheasants and outsmarting a spoilt bloated land owner, but beneath the surface it is about the complete love between a father and his Son and the joys and troubles of raising a child as a single parent. Danny is bought up in a caravan poor in fringe comforts yet rich in love and happiness, his father always involving him in any tasks or adventures he can think up thus strengthening the unique father/ Son bond. At one point in the book Danny is caned by Captain Lancaster while at school, when his father finds out his anger is unquenchable, with a good... Read review

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Advantages: Superb kids book
Disadvantages: simple

...I’m terrible, granted not the best introduction to a review, but it’s true. I have no will power whatsoever, my local Tesco has a charity table on the outward door with books on it. Books for me are what Donuts are for Homer Simpson, “hmmmm books”, so you can imagine what I’m like walking past a table full of dodgy old paperbacks going for a small charitable donation. The trouble is I never find the time to read them. I try to be strong but when I saw Roald Dahl’s Danny Champion of the World I couldn’t help myself, I justified myself by thinking I’d write a review on it, so this is my justification. Danny was my favorite book as a kid; I think I bought it from the puffin club for about 15p. I managed to pack it in over a couple of days on the train; I did get a few strange looks... Read review

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Advantages: You will learn how to poach pheasants
Disadvantages: Don't get caught poaching pheasants

...Danny the Champion of the World is one of those rare books that perfectly captures the special relationship between a father and his son.Danny and his father live in an old gypsy caravan behind a filling-station, in the middle of the countryside. Danny thinks his father is "the most marvellous and exciting any boy ever had" but is shocked to discover that he has a deep, dark secret. Danny's father is a poacher - in the thick of night, he goes into Hazell's Wood to poach pheasants from the tyrannical and odious Victor Hazell. As Mr. Hazell prepares to host the biggest shoot of the season, Danny and his father hatch a plan to poach all the pheasants from the woods. When Danny was only a four month old baby, his mother died suddenly and from then on he lived with his father in an old gypsy style caravan at the back of a filling station... Read review

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