Book description
Eleven Devious, Shocking Stories from the Master of the Unpredictable.
What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover
gave her as a parting gift? What happens when a pricelass piece of
furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain? Can a wronged woman
take revenge on her dead husband?
In these dark, dangerous stories Roald Dahl explores the sinister
side of human nature: the cunning, sly, selfish part of each of us
that leads into the territory of the unexpected and unsettling.
Stylish, macabre and haunting, these tales will leave you with a
delicious feeling of unease.
From the publication of James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory in the 1960s to his death in 1990, Roald Dahl became
the most successful children's author in the world. Nearly twenty years
later, a fresh generation of children seek out his work with instinctive
fanaticism. His creations endure - through Hollywood movies, theatre
adaptations and musical works, but still most potently of all through
the pure magic of his writing upon the page.
