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If Stephen King could write with murderous concision, he might have come up with "The Landlady," the story of a boarding house with an oddly talented proprietress and a small but permanent clientele. If Clive Barker had a sense of humor, he might have written "Pig," a brutally funny look at cooks and vegetarianism. And a more bloodthirsty Jorge Luis Borges might have imagined the fanatical little gambler in "Man From the South," who does his betting with a hammer, nails, and a butcher knife.But all these stories in this volume were written by Roald Dahl, whose genius for the horrific and grotesque is unparalleled and entirely his own."Dahl has the mastery of plot and characters possessed by great writers of the past, along with a wildness and wryness of his own. One of his trademarks is writing beautifully about the ugly, even the horrible."--Los Angeles Times"An ingenious imagination, a fascination with odd and ordinary detail, and a lust for its thorough exploitation are the...strengths of Dahl's storytelling."--New York Times Book Review

Perfect bedtime stories for those who relish sleepless nights. Twenty tales to curdle your blood and scorch your soul, chosen from his bestsellers Over to You, Someone Like You, Kiss Kiss and Switch Bitch Hypnotized from the first sentence, you will remain spellbound as Roald Dahl unravels his fiendish fictions with their satisfying twist-in-the-tale finales, as he leads you through the dangers of gambling for high stakes over wine, the perils of being vegetarian and the macabre consequences of a night-time seduction.... This title includes stories such as: "Madame Rosette", "Man From the South", "The Sound Machine", "Taste", "Dip in the Pool", "Skin", "Edward the Conqueror", "Lamb to the Slaughter", "Galloping Foxley", "The Way up to Heaven", "Parson's Pleasure", "The Landlady", "William and Mary", "Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat", "Royal Jelly", "Georgy Porgy", "Genesis and Catastrophe", "Pig", "The Visitor", and, "Claud's Dog".