Popeye Never Told You

A touching memoir by Miles Franklin award-winning author Rodney Hall.


'He immediately establishes his place among the best writers of his time' - Saturday Review



'I didn’t want this book to end.' - Australian Book Review



In this memoir of his childhood in England during the Second World War, author Rodney Hall uses a little boy's point of view to tell the story of a time that changed the world. A time that not only changed the world, but one that would put into train events that were to shape Rodney's life. The book follows Rodney from age 5 to age 9, and the chapters in the book are organised accordingly.


This is a rare and touching memoir. The voice of the young Rodney, the innocence with which he surveys the world and his impressions of what is going on around him, the wonderful character of his mother, her bravery and stoicism, and the many charming and lovely stories - all these combine to make this an extraordinary book that readers will fall in love with.