Product Description

There's the gambler who collects little fingers from losers... there's the lady who murders her husband with a frozen leg of lamb... not to mention the man who has made a machine that can hear grass scream... Roald Dahl's particular brand of bizarre, alarming and disturbing story-telling has already attracted a huge following which can only be more disturbed, alarmed and - thankfully - amused by "Someone Like You."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #111151 in Books
• Published on: 1970
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

About the Author
From the publication of James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the 1960s to his death in 1990, Roald Dahl became the most successful children’s author in the world. Nearly twenty years later, 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 of all through the pure magic of his writing upon the page.

Customer Reviews

Surprised in the end ......
This book (Someone Like You) was gifted to me by my friends. I read the first story and it had a kind of uncanny ending. After that there was no doubt about the writer's ability to end dramatically - for instance the story titled 'Man from the south'.
The writer, Roald Dahl, excels in the art of building the drama and suspense and very often a
character makes an appearance only to end the story and you are left wondering as in 'The wish'-
where the mother appears only at the end.
I presumed that all the stories would have the
same heightened sense of excitement but twice they
failed my expectations. But, still the stories were worth a reading.
I would like to encourage the readers to read
a story a day ,and then ponder, to grasp the full depth of author's command over building situations
and the dramatic climax.
The book is nicely printed and easy to carry -
so much so that I used to read it on my way back home from school.
Highly recommended....