This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Pig, Roald Dahl Short Stories Bibliography, Bitch, Lamb to the Slaughter, Man From the South, Edward the Conqueror, Neck, Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat, the Last Act, William and Mary, Vengeance Is Mine Inc., the Landlady, Parson's Pleasure, Dip in the Pool, Georgy Porgy, the Hitch-Hiker, Taste, Galloping Foxley, Beware of the Dog, Skin, Nunc Dimittis, Poison, Genesis and Catastrophe: a True Story, the Great Switcheroo, the Visitor, an African Story. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: "Pig" is a macabre short story by Roald Dahl that was published in Dahl's 1960 collection Kiss Kiss. The world it presents is one that is cruel and violent. It is a cautionary tale warning parents of the danger of ill-preparing a child for the dangers and realities of the greater world, particularly if shielding children from things perceived as bad by the parents but accepted by the world at large. The story is divided into eight sections. One - A couple in New York City has a baby boy whom they name Lexington. Last Thursday, twelve days after his birth, instead of staying home to care for the child, they hire a nanny to do so and go out on the town for lobsters and champagne, spending their time out discussing and admiring their son in his absence. When they return home the husband is without his key, so he attempts to get into the house by breaking through the front window. As he is lifting his wife through the window he stops there and starts kissing her. By the time the two are finished and he is pushing her through the window, a police car has pulled up and three cops run toward the couple, guns drawn, telling them to hold up their hands. In their position, they aren't able to "Stick 'em up," so, as Dahl writes, "The cops, al...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1145552