by Roald Dahl
First published 1974
In these four wickedly funny tales, Roald Dahl's notorious hedonist Uncle Oswald indulges his scandalous exploits, a suburban schemer hatches a foolproof wife-swapping plot, a doctor's secret past comes back to haunt a woman, and a perfume proves utterly irresistible. Dahl's trademark dark humor and sharp-edged insight cut through the veneer of normalcy, revealing the twisted desires that lurk beneath.
Genres: fiction, short-stories, contemporary, adult-fiction, erotica, dark
Vibes: dark, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Arabia, Belgium, Cairo, Dallas, New York, Paris, Provence, Syria, Texas, United States of America, Waldorf Astoria
Period: 1946, 1960s
210 pages · Hardcover · Alfred a Knopf Inc
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content, sexual-content