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Collected Stories of Roald Dahl: Introduction by Jeremy Treglown

Name: Collected Stories of Roald Dahl: Introduction by Jeremy Treglown
Brand: Everyman's Library
SKU: 9780307264909
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Contributors:

Roald Dahl, Jeremy Treglown (Introduction by)

Publisher:

Everyman's Library

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Fiction

Book Subcategory:

Short Stories (single author), Horror, Humorous

Book Topic:

Dark Humor

Series:

Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics

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Release Date:

2006-10-17

ISBN 13:

9780307264909

Weight:

2 lbs

Size:

8.10 x 5.30 x 1.80 inches

Pages:

888

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Includes the stories "Poison" and "The Ratcatcher," soon to be short films from Wes Anderson on Netflix

The only hardcover edition of Roald Dahl's stories for adults, the Collected Stories amply showcases his singular gifts as a fabulist and a born storyteller. - "An ingenious imagination, a fascination with odd and ordinary detail . . . are the first strengths of Dahl's storytelling."--NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

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.

Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.

About the Author
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 attach? 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.

Collected Stories of Roald Dahl: Introduction by Jeremy Treglown

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