As someone who only knows Dahl's children's stories, I didn't know what to expect. I very much enjoyed the dark humour coming through many of the stories. Human's sinister side portrayed in tales about everyday stuff.

The power of words... >>"Apparently, you said a word so bad that they would not repeat it to me. What did you say?" and I said, "Fuck." And she said, "That word is so bad you must never, ever ever ever say that again to anybody." And I thought: Cool. You can do that with just a word!

This is a bit different to how I remember Roald Dahl stories from when I was little. If you want to experience another side of his writing, pick up this collection of short stories. I'm half way through and very much enjoying it.