New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984. Fine/Fine. Signed Limited Edition. British writer Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, BFG) describes his early childhood until leaving school, focusing on living conditions in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, the public school system at the time, and how his childhood experiences led him to writing children's books as a career.