How my grandfather created Watership Down, one of the darkest children's books ever written

📆 12/22/2018 11:44 PM
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My grandfather, Richard Adams, commonly listed as his hobbies English literature, music, chess, beer and shove-ha’penny, bird-song, folk-song and country walking.

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As a young child loved the book (and plague dogs), only later understood how many levels there were in the narrative

If you found Watership Down disturbing, whatever you do, do not watch The Plague Dogs. I would recommend it if you think you can handle it.

For those of us who grew up in the wilds, it was never 'dark', but brutally and soulfully honest. If only there were more like it!

As a child I found the film disturbing

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