Roald Dahl

Matilda on Roald Dahlin kirjoittama romaani, jonka alkuperäinen englanninkielinen painos julkaistiin vuonna 1988. Kuvituksen teki Quentin Blake. Matildan päähenkilö, Matilda Wormwood on Englannissa asuva ihmelapsi, joka kirjan kuluessa on iältään 4–5-vuotias. Dahl on tapansa mukaisesti kuvannut useimmat aikuiset …

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 . . . 'There is a pleasure sure in being mad, which none but madmen know' Our greatest fear is of losing control - of our lives, but, most …

These five short stories offer a selection of Dahl's adult writing. "Parson's Pleasure" is a country tale, "A Piece of Cake", a wartime reminiscence, "Lamb to the Slaughter" a story of vengeful murder, and the remaining two, set in London, are on favourite themes of greed and snobbery.