I liked almost all except Pig. I hated Pig.
Title: Kiss Kiss
Author: Roald Dahl
Genre: Short stories, Fiction, Fantasy
Publication Date: January 1, 1959
Review Date: May 25, 2018
Number of Pages: 233 (paperback)
My Rating: 3.0/5
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Book Blurb of Kiss Kiss:
In these dark, disturbing stories Roald Dahl explores the sinister side of human nature: the cunning, sly selfish part of each of us that leads into the territory of the unexpected and unsettling.
Originally published in 1960, Kiss Kiss brings together 11 of Roald’s macabre adult tales. William and Mary was later adapted for Roald’s American television series ‘Way Out and several of the stories appeared in British television adaptations for the series Tales of the Unexpected in the 1980s. Also included here is The Champion of the World – the first time Roald wrote about the man who would go on to become Danny’s dad in Danny the Champion of the World.
The stories featured in Kiss Kiss are:
The Landlady
William and Mary
The Way up to Heaven
Parson’s Pleasure
Mrs Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat
Royal Jelly
Georgy Porgy
Genesis and Catastrophe
Edward the Conqueror
Pig
The Champion of the World
Book Review of Kiss Kiss:
Having been exposed to his children’s books, I had a very different idea of Dahl. I did read his book the Great Automatic Grammatizator, which is targeted towards teens. So it was a slightly sheltered exposure still.
Of course then I decide to do a deep dive and end up with Kiss Kiss. Macabre tales that I was wholly unprepared for. I liked almost all except Pig. I hated Pig. It was beyond macabre. It was cruel and I was grateful to be vegetarian.
I especially liked William and Mary. I’ve read the Landlady previously and enjoyed it.
I must say I’m reading it in a different light than when I was a young teen. So a lot of minor things with horrifying implications leap out more than they did when I was a kid.
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