Roald Dahl can stand on your head, twist you in knots, tie up your hands and leave you gasping for more. In this, his latest selection of short stories the surprises are as wicked and witty as ever. Taken from "Someone Like You", "Kiss Kiss" and "The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar", plus four brand new stories, they lure you into a world as full of unease, coincidence and black humour as you could wish. This title covers stories including: "Poison"; "The Sound Machine"; "Georgy Porgy"; "Genesis and Catastrophe"; "The Hitch-Hiker"; "The Umbrella Man"; "Mr Botibol"; "Vengeance is Mine Inc."; and, "The Butler".
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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.
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Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy, he turned down the idea of university in favor of a job that would take him to"a wonderful faraway place. In 1933 he joined the Shell Company, which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939 he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attaché in Washington, where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children's books brought him increasing popularity, and when he died children mourned the world over, particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years.The BFG is dedicated to the memory of Roald Dahls eldest daughter, Olivia, who died from measles when she was seven - the same age at which his sister had died (fron appendicitis) over forty years before. Quentin Blake, the first Children's Laureate of the United Kingdom, has illustrated most of Roald Dahl's children's books.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Unexpectedly dull,
This review is from: More Tales of the Unexpected (Paperback)
As a fan of Dahl and short stories I looked forward to reading this short collection but ultimately found it quite dull. 5 out of the 9 stories here have been printed in previous collections - "Poison", "The Sound Machine", "Georgy Porgy", "Genesis and Catastrophe", and "The Hitch-hiker" have all appeared in "Someone Like You", "Kiss Kiss" and "The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar". The 4 that haven't - "The Umbrella Man", "Mr Botibol", "Vengeance is Mine, Inc.", and "The Butler" - aren't that strong and didn't hold my attention.I liked "Genesis and Catastrophe", a story about the birth of Adolf Hitler, and "The Hitch-hiker" a story about a skilful thief and a run in with the law, but otherwise the storytelling genius of Dahl was missing from the majority of this book. I'd suggest readers to pick up his other collections like "Someone Like You" for a good roundup of Roald Dahl's excellent short stories and skip this weak book.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Overpriced,
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This review is from: More Tales of the Unexpected (Paperback)
I should have done more research before ordering this book. Not only is it overpriced, in my opinion, for such a thin book, but several of the stories are also in "The Best of Roald Dahl."
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