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The Visitor

Roald Dahl

First published May 1965
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series Uncle Oswald #1

Oswald stays at a house near Cairo. He'd like to sleep with either his host's wife or his daughter. So he's happy when some woman slips into his room in the dark. But who is it really?

First published in Playboy in May 1965, according to Wikipedia.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1965 Cover Playboy, May 1965 HMH Publishing MAGAZINE 78
October 1974 Cover Switch Bitch Alfred A. Knopf Collection 1
September 1975 Cover Switch Bitch Warner Books Collection 9
1978 Cover Switch Bitch Penguin Books Collection 7
May 1978 Cover The Best of Roald Dahl Vintage Books Collection 285
August 1990 Cover The Best of Roald Dahl Vintage Books Collection
September 1991 The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl Michael Joseph Omnibus 327
October 2006 Cover Collected Stories Alfred A. Knopf Collection 645