by Roald Dahl
First published 2017
A schoolboy makes a fateful wager, a young guest checks into a sinister boarding house, and a commuter faces a shocking revelation about his past bully. In these seven stories from Roald Dahl, the celebrated author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the veneer of childhood innocence gives way to the unsettling truths about human nature. Dahl's signature wit and flair for the macabre will draw you in, only to leave you questioning the fragility of trust and the dangers that lurk beneath the surface.
Genres: short-stories, literary-fiction, horror, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: dark-academia, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Mike Schofield's house, London, Eton College, Cambridge
274 pages · Paperback · Penguin
Content warnings: violence