{"product_id":"9780141189642-someone-like-you","title":"Someone Like You","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes eighteen tales of the macabre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his celebrated childrens' books such as \u003ci\u003eJames and the Giant Peach \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCharlie and the Chocolate Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, Roald Dahl wrote short fiction for adult audiences, and the tales collected in \u003ci\u003eSomeone Like You \u003c\/i\u003eare dark, witty morsels of intrigue and suspense from a master storyteller. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is published with a foreword by Dom Joly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese eighteen tales of the macabre show Dahl's dark brilliance as a short story writer. They are wicked (as an old man attracts the attentions of those more interested in his skin than his wellbeing), shocking (as distasteful bets are made - a daughter's hand on the identity of a glass of claret, a finger risked for a Cadillac) and blackly humorous (as a cuckolded husband receives a chance to take his revenge out on his wife's neck). \u003ci\u003eSomeone Like You\u003c\/i\u003e is as devilishly ingenious and suspenseful as writing gets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the publication of \u003ci\u003eJames and the Giant Peach\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCharlie and the Chocolate Factory\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1960s, Roald Dahl (1916-90) became the most successful children's author in the world, Roald Dahl. Nearly twenty years after his death in 1990, a fresh generation of children seek out his work with instinctive fanaticism. His creations endure - through Hollywood movies, theatre adaptations and musical works, but still most potently through the pure magic of his writing upon the page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eSomeone Like You\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Saki's \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fantastic as Grimm, heartless as Saki'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450666660214,"sku":"9780141189642","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32389639.jpg?v=1760453753","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141189642-someone-like-you","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}