Lust

(Paperback)

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Roald Dahl takes on Lust . . . Two husbands secretly agree to a night of passion - with each other's wives, a slighted old man takes an elaborate and chilling revenge on his tormentor, a sculpture comes between a scheming wife and her put-upon husband . . . Lust highlights a domestic familiarity always on the edge of something much, much darker. Collected together for the first time, stories include Madame Rosette, Neck, Georgy Porgy, The Visitor, The Last Act, The Great Switcheroo, Bitch, Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, The Ratcatcher and Nunc Dimittis.

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 *

Author Bio

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. 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's stories continue to make readers shiver today.