Summary
Roald Dahl’s tales of trickery, deceit and cunning …
How underhand could you be to get what you want? In these ten tales of dark and twisted trickery, Roald Dahl reveals that we are at our smartest and most cunning when we set out to deceive others - and sometimes even ourselves.
Here, among others, you’ll read of the husband and wife and the parting gift which rocks their marriage, the light-fingered hitch-hiker and the grateful motorist, and discover how sleeping pills can a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405933230 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1405933232 |
| Author: | Roald Dahl |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 28 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 173g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 17mm |
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There’s a whole world of Dahl still to discover in a newly collected book of his deliciously dark tales for adults …
How underhand could you be to get what you want? In these ten tales of dark and twisted trickery Roald Dahl reveals that we are at our smartest and most cunning when we set out to deceive others - and, sometimes, even ourselves.
Trickery, is the most Dahlian of the lot … joyously anarchic stuff, the sort of adventure you hope adult life will be full of when you’re a child – James Marriott * The Times *
The titles are wonderfully unsettling guide to the beloved children’s author’s preoccupations – James Marriott * The Times *
About The Author
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl’s Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl’s stories continue to make readers shiver today.
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