Charlie and the Chocolate Factory : Charlie Bucket #1

'In your wildest dreams you could not imagine that such things could happen to you ...' The dark, dreamlike story of starving Charlie Bucket, a mysterious chocolate factory owner and the Golden Ticket that transforms his existence is a masterpiece of exuberant invention. A fantasy of wishes fulfilled, a celebration of food and a gruesome morality tale, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' is a modern fairy story: both delightful and cruel.--back cover