The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the first of two unsettling and sinister volumes.'They are brutal,these stories,and yet you finish reading each onewith a smile,or maybe even a hollow laugh,certainly a shiver ofgratification,because the conclusion always seems so right'CharlieHigson,from his introduction.Roald Dahl is one of the mostpopular writers of the modern age,effortlessly writing for children andadults alike. In this,the first of two volumes chronologicallycollecting all his published adult short stories,we see how Dahl beganby using his experiences in the war to write fiction but quickly turnedto his powerful and dark imagination to pen some of the most unsettlingand disquieting tales ever written.In 27 stories,writtenbetween 1944 and 1953,we encounter such classic tales as'Man from theSouth',featuring a wager with appalling consequences;'Lamb to theSlaughter',in which a wife murders her husband yet has a novel idea forthrowing the police off the scent; and in'The Sound Machine',thehorrific truth about plants is revealed.Enter the sinister,twisted world of Roald Dahl: whether you're young or old,you'll never want to leave.'Roald Dahl is one of the few writers I know whose work can accurately be described as addictive'Irish Times'The great magician'SpectatorLook out for Volume Two,introduced by Anthony Horowitz Roald Dahl,the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,James and the Giant Peach,Matilda,and many more classics for children,also wrote scores of short storiesfor adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmedand were most recently the inspiration for the West End play,RoaldDahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9781405910101Number of pages: 624Weight: 426 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 26 mm
Roald Dahl
Dahl gifted readers some of literature's most abiding and wonderful characters,from the lovable dream-whispering,word-mangling giant,the BFG,to magical Matilda,chocolate-maker extraordinaire Willy Wonka and many more. Endlessly inventive and laugh-out- loud funny,Dahl's stories reinvent the world for every new generation. They are rightly ranked among the greatest classics of children's fiction,stories that celebrate kindness,bravery and hope. Oh and whizzpopping.
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