Dahl's stories were ultimately too rough for me. His writing is so visceral and entrancing, which makes the grotesque and horrible aspects of his stories that much more hard to take. I am a sensitive flower and I couldn't take it! But if a powerful mixture of dark comedy and flat out horror is what ...
Like most people these days, I had no idea that Roald Dahl wrote stories along the lines of these. They were in turns hilarious, upsetting, painful and thought-provoking, but always clever. He's best compared with his contemporary Shirley Jackson in the manner that his stories mostly deal with ordin...
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