It contains the following short stories: "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.

Unabridged recordings have been made of all 11 stories and released by Penguin Audiobooks.

The narrators are Stephanie Beacham, Juliet Stevenson, Derek Jacobi, Adrian Scarborough, Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig.

Lorna Bradbury, Deputy Literary Editor for The Daily Telegraph, listed the collection as one of "25 Classic Novels for Teenagers.

I hadn't yet thought about the nasty tricks adults play on each other just to hurt each other.