Galloping Foxley

Galloping Foxley is a short, sharp story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.

Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here we meet a commuter disturbed by an encounter with a man he vividly remembers from school . . .

"The absolute master of the twist in the tale." (Observer )

Librarian's note #1: Galloping Foxley is taken from the short story collection, Someone Like You. It includes seventeen other devious and shocking stories such as the ones about a wife who serves a dish that baffles the police, a curious machine that reveals the horrifying truth about plants, and a man waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach.

Librarian's note #2: this story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by the great Richard Griffiths, as well as in Murder on the Railways (1996) by Peter Haining.