A beautifully jacketed hardcover selection of 53 darkly witty,
whimsical, and macabre short stories by an acknowledged master of the
form.
Saki's dazzling tales manage the remarkable feat of being anarchic and
urbane at the same time. Studded with Wildean epigrams and featuring
well-contrived plots and surprise endings, his stories gleefully skewer
the pompous hypocrisies of upper class Edwardian society. But they go
beyond mere satire, raising dark humor to extremes of entertaining
outrageousness that have rarely since been matched. Saki's elegantly
mischievous young heroes sow chaos in their wake without breaking a
sweat, and are occasionally joined by werewolves, tigers, eavesdropping
house pets, and casually murderous children. This selection includes
such famous stories as Tobermory, The Open Window, Sredni Vashtar, Mrs.
Packletide's Tiger, The Schartz-Metterklume Method, and many more.