Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl (George Allen & Unwin, 1964)
audiobook read by David Tennant (Penguin Audio, 2023)
Gleeful and deranged, yet Dahl’s most famous novel is actually a bit of a mess, narrative-wise, establishing Charlie then elbowing him aside to revel in smudgelumptious flights of comeuppance and misopedic wish-fulfilment. David Tennant gives us one of the great Willy Wonkas.