<story><title>Roald Dahl – the storyteller as benevolent sadist (2010)</title><url>http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/67962/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>retrogradeorbit</author><text>I can&amp;#x27;t recommend enough for kids who grew up reading Dahl like I did, who are now adults, to read his adult short story collections. &amp;quot;The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Switch Bitch&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Kiss Kiss&amp;quot; are all excellent.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>junto</author><text>Henry Sugar is a wonderful story. I spent ages staring into candles as a  kid hoping that would work!</text></comment>
<story><title>Roald Dahl – the storyteller as benevolent sadist (2010)</title><url>http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/67962/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>retrogradeorbit</author><text>I can&amp;#x27;t recommend enough for kids who grew up reading Dahl like I did, who are now adults, to read his adult short story collections. &amp;quot;The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Switch Bitch&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Kiss Kiss&amp;quot; are all excellent.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>_mhr_</author><text>I had no idea The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar was for adults. I read that when I was only eight or so after reading other Dahl books like Matilda and The Witches. I loved the premise.</text></comment>