The Roald Dahl Omnibus: Perfect Bedtime Stories for Sleepless Nights
A Fiction, Horror, Humor book. Jill
Ever since his stories first appeared, people have been telling and re-telling each other Roald Dahl's sometimes shocking and always brilliant and bizarre assortment of terror-tinted gems. Bawdy, funny, touching, and downright outrageous, there's simply no one else like Roald Dahl.This volume is a diabolical collection of 28 of Dahl's best stories. Shiver to classics like The Man From the South, Taste, Royal Jelly and The Great Switcheroo and hard-to-find gems like Poison, The Wish and Neck. It's the perfect remedy for a sleepless night. Here's what the critics are saying about The Roald Dahl Omnibus:"A story teller in the tradition of Poe and Hawthorne, Dahl has...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 681 pages
- ISBN: 9780880291231 / 880291230
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I liked this very much, but I take issue with the subtitle that says it's "perfect bedtime stories for sleepless nights," since nearly all of these stories left me feeling wound up or agitated or disturbed or just too delighted to even think about sleeping. I'd read some before, and I liked them even more the second time around, and... Wanted to visit an old friend. These are wonderfully wicked short stories. Dahl's control of character and pacing is incredible. Must read. Favorites in this collection: "Lambs to the slaughter" which is a warning to spouses and police investigators that pregnant women are very dangerous. "Pig" which is a moral tale as to why parents... Jill
