Archive for July 20th, 2009

Dahl on the life of businessmen and writers

Monday, July 20th, 2009

In the following excerpt from Roald Dahl's Boy, he's left public school at 18 to take a job with Shell Oil company. He is taking their internal training courses and is learning the business. ...[E]very morning, six days a week, Saturdays included, I would dress neatly in a sombre grey suit, ...