Title: bears repeating
Product review: To say that Dahl's short stories are superbly plotted and crafted is an understatement. Like Maupassant, he is a master of the surprise ending.As the introduction notes, those wanting rich characterization had best look elsewhere--say, Chekhov (excellent in his own right). Yet Dahl's stories work on several levels--they are horrifying, witty, sexy and imaginative. And unlike today's gorehounds, Dahl can evoke terror without shedding a single drop of blood. The economy of Dahl's prose makes for repeated reading--I never get tired of reading any of these tales. "Royal Jelly," "The Great Switcheroo," and "Genesis and Catastrophe" are especially good, but every story in this collection is a winner. The battle of the sexes is a recurrent theme here, and I can't help but wonder if that was a reflection of his turbulent marriage to Patricia Neal.
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