Roald Dahl and the Back Story to “The BFG”
The secret autobiography of a writer and his heartbreak at the death of his seven-year-old daughter from measles.
6 min readJul 1, 2016
Steven Spielberg’s new movie The BFG (Disney Studios) is a largely faithful version of Roald Dahl’s popular children’s book with the same title. The one significant departure from the book is downplayed…