<p>Many of these stores are now so famous from film and television adaptations that they need no introduction. Roald Dahl is well known as a master of the macabre and the unexpected in the tradition of Saki, and this volume does not disappoint. <br>He began his literary career by writing about his own experiences in the RAF during World War II but soon developed this talent in a series of short-story collections. He is perhaps even more celebrated as an author of children''s books, but the best of his short stories represent a claim for him to be numbered among the most remarkable story writers of the 20th century.<br>The present volume includes for the first time all the stories in chronological order as established by Dahl''s biographer, Jeremy Treglown, in consultation with the Dahl estate.</p>