Tales of the Unexpected
by Roald Dahl
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Author: Roald DahlEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1990-07-14
ISBN: 0679729895
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Great Style, Easy To Read
Summary: 4 Stars
This may seem like literary fiction and Roald Dahl's style is extremely polished, but it's not difficult to read at all. Like O Henry, Dahl's short stories have gripping plots and a twist at the end. The author seems to be fond of betting. Quite a few of the stories revolve around bizarre bets.
My favourite tale is Lamb to the Slaughter - a murder story and how the frail and semingly harmless victim concealed the murder weapon. Most of the stories live up to their claim of being unexpected, but not everyone is great.
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Dahl is a master at introducing readers to a new sense of what lurks beneath the ordinary.Anthologies Books
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