Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

Softcover
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Includes the story "Poison," now a short film from Wes Anderson on Netflix

In this collection of stories, Dahl tantalizes, amuses, and sometimes terrifies readers about what lurks beneath the ordinary. •  “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 marvelously topsy-turvy sense of the ridiculous in life.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer

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. A decrepit old man with a masterpiece tattooed on his back. A voracious adventuress, a gentle cuckold, and a garden sculpture that becomes an instrument of sadistic vengeance. Social climbers who climb a bit too quickly. Philanderers whose deceptions are a trifle too ornate. Impeccable servants whose bland masks slip for one vertiginous instant.

Book Information

Main Genre
Novels
Sub Genre
Short Stories
Format
Softcover
Pages
480
Price
19.00 €

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Eine Kurzgeschichtensammlung mit herrlich schwarzem Humor. Die Geschichten sind jedoch sehr unterschiedlich. Einige fand ich wirklich grandios und musste laut lachen. Andere fand ich dagegen so langweilig dass ich sie nur überflogen habe. Im Gedächtnis geblieben sind mir aber nur wenige. Generell eine gute Kostprobe des vielgelobten Humors Roald Dahls. Ich würde auf jeden Fall noch andere Bücher von ihm lesen.

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