Book description
An African Story is a short, gripping story of life in wartime
from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.
In An African Story, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite
authors, tells us the twisted tale of the dog killer, the missing
milk, the old man and the snake.
An African Story is taken from the short story collection
Over to You, which includes nine other dramatic and
terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot, and is drawn from
Dahl's own experiences during the Second World War.
This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download
read by Cillian Murphy.
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.
