- Paperback: 231 pages
- Publisher: Penguin, Harmondsworth U.K.; rep. edition (4 Nov 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140018328
- ISBN-13: 978-0140018325
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 54,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Unnerving bedtime stories, subtle, proficient, hair-raising and done to a turn (San Francisco Chronicle )
Roald Dahl is one of the few writers I know whose work can accurately be described as addictive (Irish Times ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Roald Dahl is one of the few writers I know whose work can accurately be described as addictive (Irish Times ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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The stories are: The landlady, William and Mary, The Way up to Heaven, Parson's Pleasures, Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat, Royal Jelly, Gregory Progy, Genesis and Catastrophe, Edwards the Conqueror, Pig, The Champion of the World.
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Billy Weaver had travelled down from London on the slow afternoon train, with a change at Swindon on the way, and by the time he got to Bath it was about nine o'clock in the evening and the moon was coming up out of a clear starry sky over the houses opposite the station entrance. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Billy Weaver had travelled down from London on the slow afternoon train, with a change at Swindon on the way, and by the time he got to Bath it was about nine o'clock in the evening and the moon was coming up out of a clear starry sky over the houses opposite the station entrance. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the most enjoyable book I have read in a long while. Roald Dahl has a talent for writing original short stories, incorporating hints of subtle horror, humour and unexpected twists in each. Tales such as 'The Way up to Heaven' and 'William and Mary' are quite eerie but this is all part of the fun. Although you come to expect a twist towards the end of each story, they are not always obvious (the ending to the story 'Pig' was extremely suprising!) If you haven't read this, you're missing out on a group of thoroughly interesting and addictive stories.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first read Kiss Kiss over forty years ago but when I read it again recently it was as enjoyable as the first time. After all the kids' stuff that he wrote later, it is easy to forget what a good writer of adult books Dahl was.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A great book of short stories, each one captures your imagination and keeps you guessing right to the end and beyond. Fantastic reading!
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Baiser Baiser
It would have been useful to know that this copy was in French! Not very handy as a present for an English lass. It is probably worth 5 stars if you read French.
Published on 23 Dec 2009 by Richard Dixon
Good fun
This collection of short stories is certainly an interesting read. Roald Dahl very effectivly creates vile characters with weird and funny viewpoints on life and finishes his... Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2003 by "brrambles87"
A slice of the Human Beings!
This is the first book I read for Roald Dahl ,some of my friends have recommended his works for me and gave me this book along with Switch Bitch ,I have begun with Kiss Kiss , and... Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2003 by Nightlegend
Macabre and brilliant
Perverse, inventive and often downright morbid, kiss kiss will be a shock to those only ingratiated with the (rather brilliant) children's stories. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2000
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