Someone Like You

<p>In addition to his celebrated childrens' books such as <i>James and the Giant Peach </i>and <i>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</i>, Roald Dahl wrote short fiction for adult audiences, and the tales collected in <i>Someone Like You </i>are dark, witty morsels of intrigue and suspense from a master storyteller. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is published with a foreword by Dom Joly. <p>These eighteen tales of the macabre show Dahl's dark brilliance as a short story writer. They are wicked (as an old man attracts the attentions of those more interested in his skin than his wellbeing), shocking (as distasteful bets are made - a daughter's hand on the identity of a glass of claret, a finger risked for a Cadillac) and blackly humorous (as a cuckolded husband receives a chance to take his revenge out on his wife's neck). <i>Someone Like You</i> is as devilishly ingenious and suspenseful as writing gets. <p>With the publication of <i>James and the Giant Peach</i> and <i>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</i> in the 1960s, Roald Dahl (1916-90) became the most successful children's author in the world, Roald Dahl. Nearly twenty years after his death in 1990, a fresh generation of children seek out his work with instinctive fanaticism. His creations endure - through Hollywood movies, theatre adaptations and musical works, but still most potently through the pure magic of his writing upon the page. <p>If you enjoyed <i>Someone Like You</i>, you might like Saki's <i>The Complete Short Stories</i>, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. <p>'Fantastic as Grimm, heartless as Saki'<br><i>Guardian</i></p>