Read By: Steven Carpenter
Later known for his immortal children.s books, including Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and The BFG, Dahl
also had a genius for adult short fiction, which he wrote throughout
his life. Whether fictionalizing his dramatic exploits as a Royal Air
Force pilot during World War II or concocting the ingeniously plotted
fables that were dramatized on television as Tales of the Unexpected,
Dahl was brilliant at provoking in his readers the overwhelming desire
to know what happens next.and at satisfying that desire in ways that
feel both surprising and inevitable.
Filled with devilish plot twists, his tales display a tantalizing blend
of macabre humor and the absurdly grotesque. From .The Landlady,. about
an unusual boardinghouse that features a small but very permanent clientele,
to .Pig,. a brutally funny look at vegetarianism, to .Man from the South,.
in which a fanatical gambler does his betting with hammer, nails, and
a butcher.s knife, Dahl.s creations amuse and shock us in equal measure,
gleefully reminding us of what might lurk beneath the surface of the
ordinary.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction by Jeremy Treglown
Select Bibliography
Chronology
1. An African Story
2. Only This
3. Katina
4. Beware of the Dog
5. They Shall Not Grow Old
6. Someone Like You
7. Death of an Old Old Man
8. Madame Rosette
9. A Piece of Cake
10. Yesterday Was Beautiful
11. Nunc Dimittis
12. Skin
13. Man from the South
14. The Soldier
15. The Sound Machine
16. Mr Botibol
17. Vengeance Is Mine Inc.
18. The Wish
19. Poison
20. Taste
21. Dip in the Pond
22. The Great Automatic Grammatizator
23. Claud.s Dog:
24. .The Ratcatcher
25. .Rummins
26. .Mr Hoddy
27. .Mr Feasey
28. My Lady Love, My Dove
29. Neck
30. Lamb to Slaughter
31. Gallopin Foxley
32. Edward the Conqueror
33. The Way Up to Heaven
34. William and Mary
35. Parson.s Pleasure
36. Georgy Porgy
37. Mrs Bixby and the Colonel.s Coat
38. Royal Jelly
39. The Champion of the World
40. Genesis and Catastrophe
41. Pig
42. The Landlady
43. The Visitor
44. The Last Act
45. The Great Switcheroo
46. The Butler
47. Bitch
48. Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
49. The Hitchhiker
50. The Umbrella Man
51. The Bookseller
52. The Surgeon
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