Book description
Royal Jelly is a brilliant gem of a short story from Roald
Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail.
In Royal Jelly, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite
authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature.
Here, a husband and wife, unable to get their new baby to feed, hit
upon a novel and disturbing solution . . .
Royal Jelly is taken from the short story collection Kiss
Kiss, which includes ten other devious and shocking stories,
featuring the wife who pawns the mink coat from her lover with
unexpected results; the priceless piece of furniture that is the
subject of a deceitful bargain; a wronged woman taking revenge on her
dead husband, and others.
'Unnerving bedtime stories, subtle, proficient, hair-raising and
done to a turn.' (San Francisco Chronicle )
This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download
read by Oliver-award-winning actor Adrian Scarborough.
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 stories for adults. These delightfully
disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the
inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales
by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales
of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers, despite his
death in 1990, and total UK sales are 55 million worldwide! Quentin
Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators
and it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without
imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations.
