Rhyme Stew Author:Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake A quite contrary Mary ditches the garden and goes co-op. Ali Baba sheds the forty thieves for petrodollars and life at the Ritz. Haute couture becomes tres outre when the Emperor dons his new clothes and takes to the slopes. There's a fox loose in the house of Mother Goose, and it could only be the work of the devilish Roald Dahl. I... more »n a rich medley of nursery parodies, Dahl sets Once Upon a Time on a collision course with the contemporary, and nursery morals and morality come tumbling down. The high-born are humbled, the pure of heart are no match for the purely profit-minded, and only laughter keeps us happy ever after. Spiced with Quentin Blake's best sardonic illustrations and laced with ribald humor and a wicked sense of social satire, Rhyme Stew is a delicious treat for all connoisseurs of the absurd.« less