Danny the Champion of the World — Roald Dahl

The hilarious adventures of Danny and the best dad a boy ever had.

"You will learn as you get older, just as I learned that autumn, that no father is perfect. Grown-ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets, but all of them have two or three private habits hidden up their sleeves that would probably make you gasp if you knew about them. This story is about a most private and secret habit my father had, and the strange adventures it led us both into..."