Roald Dahl is one of the most widely read and influential writers of his generation, famous for his bestselling books for children which mingle humour with enjoyable chills. In his adult fiction, an even darker and deliciously twisted side emerges. This complete Folio omnibus edition, first published in 1991, contains all the stories from his world-famous collections – Kiss Kiss, Over to You, Switch Bitch and Someone Like You – as well as eight further ‘Tales of the Unexpected’. In these stories we meet the Oxford Don who decides to ensure his brain’s immortality; the bee keeper who discovers the nourishing – and terrifying – power of royal jelly when he feeds it to his infant daughter; and how an innocent leg of lamb can turn a family dinner into a horror scene…

(Typeset at The Folio Society in Monotype Ehrhardt with Gill Sans. Printed on St Paul's Wove paper at Grafos S.A. Barcelona, and bound by them in a snakeskin-grained material, printed and blocked with a design by the artist.)