Издательство: | Penguin Books |
Дата выхода: | июль 2011 |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-001832-5 |
Объём: | 240 страниц |
More classic twisted tales from Roald Dahl, which explore desire, deceit and the macabre with shocking results. In `Mrs Bixby and the Colonel`s Coat`, a spurned woman tries on the glossy mink coat her lover has given her as a parting gift. `Landlady` tells the story of the sinister hotel where the guests check in and never leave; in `William and Mary` a wronged wife takes the ultimate revenge on the deceased husband she cannot escape; `Georgy Porgy` is the strange vicar with a disturbing fear of women; and `Pig` shows how eating meat can be fatal ...