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However, the true genius of his writing is how he manages to bring out the inherent racism that affects his protagonist.

In this short story, Dahl turns into a master of suspense. A brief discussion about the boy's lighter and its capabilities leads to a strange bet, with life-threatening stakes and a bittersweet and slightly shocking end. A young boy and an old man meet for the first time at a Jamaican hotel.

Like most of his works, this story is also narrated by a nameless narrator and leaves you contemplating the concept of 'stranger danger'. So, here are some of his finest adult novels that every fan of reading and Roald Dahl should definitely check out: 1. But his creative genius was not limited to only children fictional series.Ĭombining the same power of imagination with a twisted thought process he wrote a series of adult stories that are definitely not for the faint-hearted - though they are for the connoisseur of good literature! Source: Pinterest Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.Roald Dahl remains one of the most iconic writers for children books ever. 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. 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. 'Unnerving bedtime stories, subtle, proficient, hair-raising and done to a turn.' (San Francisco Chronicle ) This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Stephanie Beacham.

Pig is taken from the short story collection Kiss Kiss, which includes ten other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who pawns the mink coat from her lover with unexpected results the priceless piece of furniture that is the subject of a deceitful bargain a wronged woman taking revenge on her dead husband, and others. Here, a boy who grows into an accomplished cook goes in search of a final, elusive recipe. In Pig, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Pig is a brilliant gem of a short story from Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail.