Madame Rosette, Man from the South, The Sound Machine, Taste, Dip in the Pool, Skin, Edward the Conqueror, Lamb to the Slaughter, Galloping Foxley, The Way Up to Heaven, Parson"s Pleasure, The Landlady, William and Mary, Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel"s Coat, Royal Jelly, Georgy Porgy, Genesis and Catastrophe, Pig, The Visitor, Claud"s Dog, The Great Switcheroo, The Boy Who Talked with Animals, The Hitchhiker, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Bookseller This collection brings together Dahl"s finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparalleled. "Dahl has the mastery of plot and characters possessed by great writers of the past, along with a wildness and wryness of his own. One of his trademarks is writing beautifully about the ugly, even the horrible." Los Angeles Times "An ingenious imagination, a fascination with odd and ordinary detail, and a lust for its thorough exploitation are the...strengths of Dahl"s storytelling." New York Times Book Review