A beautiful new jacket treatment, part of Penguin's reissue programme of Dahl's adult titles.

Ten terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot, from the master of the short story.

Dahl brilliantly conveys the bizarre reality of a wartime pilot's daily existence, where death is a constant companion and life is lived from one heartbeat to the next. Stories include: Death of an Old Man, An African Story, A Piece of Cake, Madame Rosette, Katina, Yesterday was Beautiful, They Shall Not Grow, Beware of the Dog, Only This, and Someone Like You.