Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today. Originally released in 1953, Someone Like You features some of Roald Dahls best-known adult stories including the classic Lamb to the Slaughter and many others that were later adapted for the TV series Tales of the Unexpected. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson.
Nunc Dimittis is taken from the short story collection Someone Like You, which includes seventeen other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who serves a dish that baffles the police a curious machine that reveals the horrifying truth about plants the man waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach and others.'The absolute master of the twist in the tale' (Observer)This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by the legendary Derek Jacobi.Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. Taste is taken from the short story collection Someone Like You, which. Here, two men make an unusual and chilling wager over the provenance of a bottle of wine. In Taste, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a dark and curious story about the twisted side of human nature.
Here, a slighted old man takes an elaborate and chilling revenge on his tormentor. Taste is a short, sharp, disturbing story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. To identify: Standard practice statement (‘Published in Great Britain’ followed by the date, no later dates or printing statements) above listing of previous publication copyright credits with jacket priced at £15.Nunc Dimittis is a short, sharp, thrilling story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.In Nunc Dimittis, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a dark story about the sinister side of human nature.Information on identifying editions is from Richard Walker’s “Roald Dahl – A Guide to Collecting His First Editions”. Sections: Information | Reviews | Covers | Dutch, Indian, Italian, Hungarian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Ukrainian Covers
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