Book description
The Wish is a short, sharp, chilling story from Roald Dahl, the
master of the shocking tale
In The Wish, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite
authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature.
Here, an imaginative boy plays a game that quickly gets out of hand .
. .
The Wish is taken from the short story collection Someone
Like You, which includes seventeen other devious and shocking
stories, featuring the wife who serves a dish that baffles the police;
a curious machine that reveals the horrifying truth about plants; the
man waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach;
and others.
'The absolute master of the twist in the tale.' (Observer )
This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download
read by the sublime Stephen Mangan.
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.
