Someone Like You

@00000400@In addition to his celebrated childrens' books such as @00000373@James and the Giant Peach @00000155@and @00000373@Charlie and the Chocolate Factory@00000155@, Roald Dahl wrote short fiction for adult audiences, and the tales collected in @00000373@Someone Like You @00000155@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.@00000163@@00000400@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). @00000373@Someone Like You@00000155@ is as devilishly ingenious and suspenseful as writing gets.@00000163@@00000400@With the publication of @00000373@James and the Giant Peach@00000155@ and @00000373@Charlie and the Chocolate Factory@00000155@ 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.@00000163@@00000400@If you enjoyed @00000373@Someone Like You@00000155@, you might like Saki's @00000373@The Complete Short Stories@00000155@, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.@00000163@@00000400@'Fantastic as Grimm, heartless as Saki'@00000341@@00000373@Guardian@00000155@@00000163@