(For SI Blog reader Kreacher)
Kreacher, did we need the Pig, Dip in the Pool and The Landlady in these short winter days of our life.
Whatever possessed you to recommend Roald Dahl’s stories to us.
Well, we won’t hold you completely responsible.
You see our appetite for Dahl’s short stories was also whetted by our recent reading of Dahl’s longer, raunchy, rambunctious work My Uncle Oswald.
Since Dahl’s short stories were not easily available at our county libraries, we had to fall back upon our usual reliable source – Amazon.
The postman delivered our new copy of The Best of Roald Dahl from Amazon yesterday.
Comprised of a selection of 29 short stories culled from Dahl’s Switch Bitch, Kiss Kiss, Over to You, Someone Like You and The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar, our collection includes the Pig, The Landlady, The Bestseller, Edward the Conqueror and 21 other pieces.

We’ve read four stories so far – Pig, The landlady, Dip in the Pool and The Hitchhiker.
The fourth one is fluff.
And of the first three it’s hard to say which one is most depressing. Continue reading »

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