Kiss Kiss (book) Kiss Kiss is a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl , first published in 1960 by Alfred A. Knopf . Most of the constituent stories had been previously published elsewhere.Contents It contains the following short stories:"The Landlady" "William and Mary" "The Way Up to Heaven" "Parson's Pleasure" "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat" "Royal Jelly" "Georgy Porgy" "" "Edward the Conqueror" "Pig" "The Champion of the World" These are some of Dahl's most macabre stories . Delicately, the naive punish the wicked, but also the other way around. Most of the stories are presented as typical narratives, albeit with imaginative characters. The horror of each story is built around implication, and many horrific endings, involving death or unpleasant situations, can only be inferred, since nothing is directly stated. "The Champion of the World" is a condensed version of the story that would become Dahl's 1975 children's book , Danny the Champion of the World .Editions Knopf, New York , 1960, 309 pp McCleland, Toronto, 1960 M. Joseph, London, 1960, 255 pp Hayakawa, Japan, 1961, Paperback, Japanese as Tales of Menace 1 Dell:F128, New York, 1961, 288 pp, Paperback Bonnier , Stockholm, 1961, Swedish as Puss puss Penguin:1832, Harmondsworth, 1962, 233 pp, Paperback, Feltrinelli , Milano , 1964, 276 pp, Italian as Kiss Kiss: 11 storie macabre Rowohlt , Reinbek, German as Küßchen, Küsschen Audiobook Unabridged recordings have been made of all eleven stories and released by Penguin Audiobooks. These are available individually as audio downloads, or together in a CD collection . The narrators are Stephanie Beacham , Juliet Stevenson , Derek Jacobi , Adrian Scarborough , Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig .Critical response Lorna Bradbury, Deputy Literary Editor for The Daily Telegraph , listed the collection as one of "25 Classic Novels for Teenagers." Zoe Chace of NPR told interviewer Cara Philbin her reactions during reading the collection as a child: "Kiss Kiss is for grown-ups... It was actually the marriages that I remember feeling the worst about... Reading Kiss Kiss is one of the first times I can remember a real-life truth staring back at me from a book. I hadn't yet thought about the nasty tricks adults play on each other just to hurt each other. Particularly, married adults who aren't in love and who might know the others weakness best. My imagination matured."
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