Synopsis
In Someone Like You, Roald Dahl's first collection of his world famous dark and sinister adult stories, a wife serves a dish that baffles the police; a harmless bet suddenly becomes anything but; a curious machine reveals a horrifying truth about plants; and a man lies awake waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach.
Through vendettas and desperate quests, bitter memories and sordid fantasies, Roald Dahl's stories portray the strange and unexpected, sending a shiver down the spine.
Stories include: Taste, Lamb to the Slaughter, Man from the South, The Soldier, My Lady Love, My Dove, Dip in the Pool, Galloping Foxley, Skin, Poison, The Wish, Neck, The Sound Machine, Nunc Dimittis, The Great Automatic Grammatizator, Claud's Dog.
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Product details
Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780241955703
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 384
Published : 01 Sep 2011
Publisher : Penguin
Other formats for Someone Like You:
» Paperback : £9.99
» Audio CD : £15.98
» Downloadable Audio: Audiobook : £14.99
» ePub eBook: eBook : £7.99
Someone Like You
£8.99
