Question

In a very short story by this author, a petrified child imagines himself straddling a “deep curling river of black” while traversing a red, black, and yellow carpet. (-5[1])The narrator of another story by this author remembers being beaten with a cane by the school prefect (15[1]-5[1])in a flashback (15[1])triggered by misrecognizing a stranger on the train as the title “Galloping Foxley.” (15[1])The main character plots to send the U.S. President into a sexual frenzy using the title (*) fragrance in this author’s (10[1])story “Bitch,” which features his recurring character Uncle Oswald. In another story by this author, a woman giggles as a policeman dines (10[1])on a (10[1])leg of mutton (10[6])she (10[1])used (10[1])to kill her husband. (10[7]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this author of short horror stories like “Lamb to the Slaughter,” (10[1]-5[1])who also wrote The BFG. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Roald Dahl (the story in the first line is called “The Wish.”)
<Darren Petrosino, British Literature>
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