by Roald Dahl
First published 1989
In the quiet English countryside, strange passions and quirky characters lurk behind every hayrick and hedgerow. A crafty poacher, an antiques-dealing fake parson, and a pheasant-catching filling-station owner are just a few of the offbeat village folk whose beguiling, perverse lives unfold in Roald Dahl's Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life. Though rooted in the mundane realities of rural life, these seven interconnected stories brim with the signature Dahl touch - a mischievous, mordant humor that uncovers the hidden eccentricities and unexpected terrors of the human condition.
Genres: short-stories, 20th-century, adult-fiction, british-literature
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: hidden-terrors, quirky-characters
Setting: England, Chelsea, London, Buckinghamshire
Period: 20th-century
160 pages · Hardcover · Knopf