What is the title of Roald Dahl’s 1984 memoir about his childhood?

Roald Dahl’s 1984 memoir about his childhood is titled Boy: Tales of Childhood.

The book recounts Dahl’s early life, including family experiences, schooldays, holidays, and incidents that he remembered as especially vivid or painful. It is a memoir rather than a novel, although Dahl tells many episodes with the dramatic timing and dark humor associated with his fiction.

Boy ends before Dahl’s adult wartime and writing careers. His later memoir Going Solo continues the story, covering his work in East Africa and his service as a Royal Air Force pilot during the Second World War.

The book is sometimes described simply as Boy, but its full title is Boy: Tales of Childhood. Quentin Blake illustrated the edition, helping connect the memoir visually with Dahl’s children’s fiction.