The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
Publishing Details
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
By (Author) Roald Dahl
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
3rd September 1992
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
48
Width 128mm, Height 171mm, Spine 4mm
83g
Description
The Reverend Lee is suffering from a rare and acutely embarrassing condition- Back-to-Front Dyslexia. It affects only his speech, and he doesn't realize he's doing it, but the parishioners of Nibbleswicke are shocked and confused by his seemingly outrageous comments. At last a cure is found and the mild-mannered vicar can resume normal service. Or at least as normal as is possible for a man who must walk backwards to be sure of talking forwards! A highly comic tale in the best Dahl tradition of craziness, written for the benefit of the Dyslexia Institute.
Author Bio
Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after 'a monumental bash on the head', sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990.
