Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected In this collection of stories, Dahl tantalizes, amuses, and sometimes terrifies readers into a sense of what lurks beneath the ordinary. A decrepit old man with a masterpiece…
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Tales of the Unexpected
In this collection of stories, Dahl tantalizes, amuses, and sometimes terrifies readers into a sense of what lurks beneath the ordinary. A decrepit old man with a masterpiece tattooed on his back. Included in this collection are such notorious gems of the bizarre as "The Second Machine," "Lamb to the Slaughter," "Neck," and "The Landlady."Other stories explore: A wine connoisseur with an infallible palate and a sinister taste in wagers.
Social climbers who climb a bit too quickly. A voracious adventuress, a gentle cuckold, and a garden sculpture that becomes an instrument of sadistic vengeance. Philanderers whose deceptions are a trifle too ornate.
Impeccable servants whose bland masks slip for one vertiginous instant. "With the inventive power of a Thomas Edison and the imagination of a Lewis Carroll . . . Roald Dahl is a wizard of comedy and the grotesque, an artist with a
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