Someone Like You

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"Someone Like You" is a 1953 collection of darkly comic and macabre short stories by Roald Dahl that helped establish his reputation as a master of adult fiction.

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instanceOf book
short story collection
author Roald Dahl
authorNationality British
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
genre adult fiction
dark comedy
macabre fiction
short stories
hasAudience adult readers
hasEdition hardcover edition
paperback edition
hasStory Dip in the Pool
Edward the Conqueror
Galloping Foxley
Georgy Porgy
Lamb to the Slaughter
Man from the South
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
My Lady Love, My Dove
Neck
Nunc Dimittis
Poison
Royal Jelly
Skin
Taste
The Bookseller
The Boy Who Talked with Animals
The Butler
The Champion of the World
The Great Automatic Grammatizator
The Hitch-Hiker
linked to: The Hitch-hiker

The Landlady
The Mildenhall Treasure
The Ratcatcher
linked to: Ratcatcher

The Soldier
The Sound Machine
The Surgeon
The Swan
The Umbrella Man
The Visitor
The Way Up to Heaven
The Way of the Worm
The Wish
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
hasSubject black humor
irony
murder
revenge
suspense
language English
mediaType print
notableFor establishing Roald Dahl's reputation as a writer of adult fiction
numberOfStories 18
publicationDate 1953
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Penguin Books
setInPeriod 20th century

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Roald Dahl notableWork Someone Like You