The late Roald Dahl (1916-1990) not only wrote highly acclaimed novels like Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Matilda etc, but he also wrote contriving short stories; one of which was The Lamb of Slaughter. I read a series of his short stories as part of my Literature syllabus in high school a couple of years back. Just yesterday, this particular story popped into my head & i had this maddening urge to re-read it. This is for those (like me) who enjoy the occasional black humour & in my…
