More Tales of the Unexpected
by Roald Dahl
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Roald Dahl can stand on your head, twist you in knots, tie up your hands and leave you gasping for more. In this, his latest selection of short stories the surprises are as wicked and witty as ever. Taken from someone like you, Kiss Kiss and the wonderful world of Henry Sugar, plus four brand new stories, they lure you into a world as full of unease, coincidence and black humour as you could wish. Stories are:
Poison
Sound Machine
Genesis and Catastrophe
Georgy Porgy
Hitchhiker
Umbrella Man
Mr Botibol
Vengeance in Mine Inc.
Butler
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Completely Unexpected Tales
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Fiction, Literature, Fiction, short stories (single author), short story, Bungarus, Austrian Germans, doctors, Midwives, English nursery rhymes, neurosis, celibacy, vicars, spinsters, sexual repression, seduction, cannibalism, abstinence, soft drinks, summer houses, involuntary commitment, psychiatrists, sadism, Hitchhiking, PickpocketsPeople
Harry Pope, Timber Woods, Dr. Ganderbai, Klausner, Klara Hitler, Otto Hitler, Gustav Hitler, Ida Hitler, Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), George, Lady Birdwell, Miss Roach, narrator, hitchhikerPlaces
India, British Empire, London, Epsom, Derby DayTimes
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More Tales of the Unexpected
2009, Penguin Group UK
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More Tales of the Unexpected (Camden)
September 1998, Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
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More Tales of the Unexpected
April 1998, Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
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More Tales of the Unexpected
1980, Penguin Books
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"It must have been around midnight when I drove home, and as I approached the gates of the bungalow I switched off the headlamps of the car so the beam wouldn't swing in through the window of the side bedroom and wake Harry Pope."
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