The Last Act
Short story by Roald Dahl / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Bollywood film of the same name, see The Last Act (film).
"The Last Act" is a 1966 short story by Roald Dahl, described by its author as an attempt to write about "murder by fucking."[1][2] It was first published in the January 1966 issue of Playboy, having been rejected by The New Yorker because of its disturbing content.[1] It was later included in the collection Switch Bitch, published in 1974 by Michael Joseph Ltd.