

But there's nothing charming about the implied contempt for women that oozes through the lazy prose of Oswald's creaky tale. Dahl has written some genuinely funny stories (published in Great Britain under the titles "Kiss Roald Dahl might like us to dismiss the rank male chauvinism, tired stereotypes, and hackneyed writing in this book, on the grounds that his "Uncle Oswald" is a charming old rogue.

There may be men still alive who share his sexist view of the world, but I doubt they read books. Roald Dahl might like us to dismiss the rank male chauvinism, tired stereotypes, and hackneyed writing in this book, on the grounds that his "Uncle Oswald" is a charming old rogue.
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I'm sad because Dahl was one of my favourite authors ever, and I don't know how to look beyond this now.more If you can overlook these issues, this book is hilarious, but c'mon, do you really want to overlook these issues? What, you think that just because you're talking of great MEN they cannot be raped? Ugh disgusting. But over the course of the first hundred pages, I started to get a little angry, and then I got mad. Dahl makes light of this issue, tries to make us laugh at it, and probably succeeds. What bothers me is the fact that the characters are so blatantly being raped by the means of a drug rape. What, you think that just because you're tal What bothers me the most about this book isn't even the sexism, although there is plenty of it to go around. What bothers me the most about this book isn't even the sexism, although there is plenty of it to go around.
