Editions

Lust

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780718185619

  • Length: 352  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 21mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 245g

  • RRP: £8.99

Lust

PERFECT for fans of Roald Dahl.

Think you know Dahl? Think again. There's still a whole world of Dahl to discover in a newly collected book of his deliciously dark tales for adults . . .

We fall not in love but in lust . . .

Lust, in all its myriad forms, consumes us. What won't we do to achieve our heart's desire? In these ten tales of twisted love master storyteller Roald Dahl explores how our darkest impulses reveal who we really are.

Here you'll read a story concerning wife swapping with a sting in its tail, hear of the aphrodisiac that drives men into a frenzy, discover the last act in a tale of jilted first love and discover the naked truth of art, among others.

Roald Dahl reveals even more about the darker side of human nature in seven other centenary editions: Cruelty, Madness, Deception, Innocence, Trickery, War and Fear.

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780718185619

  • Length: 352  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 21mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 245g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • From Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail, a newly collected book of his darkest stories

    from publisher's description

  • One of the most widely read and influential writers

    The Times

  • The absolute master of the twist in the tale

    Observer

  • Roald Dahl is one of the few writers I know whose work can accurately be described as addictive

    Irish Times

  • Dahl is too good a storyteller to become predictable

    Daily Telegraph

  • One of the most widely read and influential writers of our generation

    The Times

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About the Author

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE STORYTELLER.

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