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| Author | Roald Dahl |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Quentin Blake |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape (UK) Viking Press (US) |
Publication date | 3 September 1990 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 62 |
| ISBN | 0-224-02786-7 |
| OCLC | 24734818 |
Esio Trot is a 1990 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl.[1] The title is an anadrome of "tortoise". It was the last of Dahl's books to be published in his lifetime; he died just two months later.
Unlike other Dahl works (which often feature tyrannical adults and heroic/magical children), Esio Trot is the story of an aging lonely man (Mr Hoppy), trying to make a connection with a person that he has loved from afar (his widowed neighbour, Mrs Silver).[2]
In 1994, Monty Python star Michael Palin narrated the English language audiobook recording of the book.[3] In 2015 it was adapted by Richard Curtis into a BBC television film, Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, featuring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench as the couple, with James Corden narrating.[4] Geoffrey Palmer narrated a second English-language recording in 2023.[5]
- ^ "Stories". Roald Dahl. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Why we love the mischievous spirit of Roald Dahl". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ McCall, Douglas (2013). Monty Python: A Chronology, 1969-2012, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 166.
- ^ "BBC One - Roald Dahl's Esio Trot". BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Esio Trot by Roald Dahl narrated by Geoffrey Palmer". Audible.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.