{"product_id":"collected-stories-of-roald-dahl-introduction-by-jeremy-treglown-hardcover","title":"Collected Stories of Roald Dahl: Introduction by Jeremy Treglown - Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eIncludes the stories \"Poison\" and \"The Ratcatcher,\" now short films from Wes Anderson on Netflix \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe only hardcover edition of Roald Dahl's stories for adults, the \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLater known for his immortal children's books, including \u003ci\u003eCharlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe BFG, \u003c\/i\u003eDahl\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ealso 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 \u003ci\u003eTales of the Unexpected\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman'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.","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48769662943449,"sku":"9780307264909","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3121\/5065\/files\/9780307264909.jpg?v=1780271714","url":"https:\/\/www.blacknectarbooks.com\/products\/collected-stories-of-roald-dahl-introduction-by-jeremy-treglown-hardcover","provider":"blacknectar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}