Nine-year-old Danny lives happily in a gypsy caravan with his father, but his world is turned upside down when he learns that his father poaches pheasants from the estate of the nasty, greedy Victor Hazell. One night his father doesn't return from a poaching run and Danny fears the worst. Danny sets off on a courageous journey to find his father and with a little help from the village soon finds himself masterminding the most incredible and exciting plot ever attempted against Victor Hazell.

Kniha představuje soubor devíti povídek a volně navazuje na předchozí sbírku Příběhy nečekaných konců (Volvox Globator, 2005). Roald Dahl i tentokrát nabízí ucelený soubor, jehož charakteristickým rysem je mistrně vybudovaná zápletka s překvapivým rozuzlením. Pro všechny příběhy je typická přísně logická stavba děje, zvláštní napětí, bizarní imaginace a specifický černý humor.

Britský romanopisec, povídkář a scenárista, jeden z nejprodávanějších autorů světa, byl především mistrem černého humoru. I v povídce Claudův pes připravil pro čtenáře překvapivou zápletku a netušené, až mrazivě překvapivé rozuzlení. Jako ve většině Dahlových textů zde nejde o složité, umně vykonstruované absurdity, nýbrž o anekdotické příběhy, které odrážejí každodenní běžné situace, jež jsou pouze důsledně dovedeny k logickému vyvrcholení.

Contains: The Umbrella Man; Dip in the Pool; The Butler; The Hitchhiker; Mr Botibol; My Lady Love, My Dove; The Way Up to Heaven; Parson's Pleasure; The Sound Machine; The Wish.

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The funny, exciting and warm story of a special friendship between the BIG FRIENDLY GIANT and the little girl, Sophie. Luckily for Sophie, who has been snatched from her bed by the BFG, she discovers that the BFG is far more jumbly than his disgusting neighbours. They guzzle and swallow nice little children across the world.