Skin and Other Stories

by Roald Dahl

Overview

How would you get rid of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? Where would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? What if you found out that the tattoo on your back was worth over a million dollars? You will discover that just about anything is possible in a Roald Dahl story, and here are eleven of his very best.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141310343
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	01/14/2002
Series:	Now in Speak!
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	389,845
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.57(d)
Lexile:	830L (what's this?)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. He spent his childhood in England and, at age eighteen, went to work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. When World War II broke out, he joined the Royal Air Force and became a fighter pilot. At the age of twenty-six he moved to Washington, D.C., and it was there he began to write. His first short story, which recounted his adventures in the war, was bought by The Saturday Evening Post, and so began a long and illustrious career.

After establishing himself as a writer for adults, Roald Dahl began writing children’s stories in 1960 while living in England with his family. His first stories were written as entertainment for his own children, to whom many of his books are dedicated.

Roald Dahl is now considered one of the most beloved storytellers of our time. Although he passed away in 1990, his popularity continues to increase as his fantastic novels, including James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The BFG, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, delight an ever-growing legion of fans.

Learn more about Roald Dahl on the official Roald Dahl Web site: www.roalddahl.com

Date of Birth:

September 13, 1916

Date of Death:

November 23, 1990

Place of Birth:

Llandaff, Wales, England

Place of Death:

Oxford, England

Table of Contents

	Skin	1
	Lamb to the Slaughter	22
	The Sound Machine	35
	An African Story	53
	Galloping Foxley	71
	The Wish	90
	The Surgeon	95
	Dip in the Pool	129
	The Champion of the World	144
	Beware of the Dog	179
	My Lady Love, My Dove	194

Editorial Reviews

Packed with imaginative characters, quirky plots, and surprise endings, these eleven gems are the kinds of stories readers will want to share with their friends.

Children's Literature

This volume collects 11 of the master storyteller's short stories, many of which first appeared in Someone Like You, and also includes "The Surgeon," originally published in Playboy in 1986. Ages 12-up. (Jan.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

Although this collection of previously published stories was compiled for teenagers graduating to adult fiction, Skin and Other Stories will also seduce grown-ups with its nefariously nimble wit...a posthumous treat from a devilishly funny author.
—Entertainment Weekly

Margot Mifflin