An edition of Completely Unexpected Tales [25 stories]
(1986)
Completely Unexpected Tales
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by Roald Dahl
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Take a pinch of unease. Stir it into a large dollop of the macabre, add a génerous helping cit- dark and stylish wit, garnish with thg bizarre and what do you have?
Roald Dahl at his brilliant, hypnotizing best, cooking up some of the most unusual stories ever told. Here in one volume are Tales of the Unexpected and More Tales of the Unexpected, making this a superb compendium of vengeance, surprise and dark delight.
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Completely Unexpected Tales: Tales of the Unexpected and More Tales of the Unexpected
2011, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
0241955335 9780241955338
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Completely Unexpected Tales
2009, Penguin Group UK
Electronic resource
in English
0141930209 9780141930206
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Completely Unexpected Tales
/1993, Penguin Books
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in English
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0140098208 9780140098204
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Completely Unexpected Tales
September 11, 1986, Penguin Books
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in Spanish
0140098208 9780140098204
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More tales of the unexpected
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