Advanced Search Request a Book

ORDERS

Readings Orders 0

DEMANDS

Readings Demands 0

Tales Of the Unexpected (Short Stories)
[Paperback - 1990]
roald dahl
On Demand
Availability in 4-6 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: $19
Our Price: Rs.3345 Rs.2843
Standard Discount: 15%
You Save: Rs.502
Category: Fiction
Sub-category: Literary Fiction
Additional Category: Classics
Publisher: Vintage | ISBN: 9780679729891 | Pages: 480
Shipping Weight: .386 | Dimensions: 0

Description

Includes the story "Poison," soon to be 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.

About the Author

Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl s Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl s stories continue to make readers shiver today.

Also by the Same Author

View All
The Bfg
[Paperback - 2007]
roald dahl
In Stock
List Price: $8.99
Our Price: Rs.1195 Rs.1075
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.120
Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator
[Paperback - 2007]
roald dahl
In Stock
List Price: $7.99
Our Price: Rs.1195 Rs.1075
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.120
James And The Giant Peach
[Paperback - 2007]
roald dahl
In Stock
List Price: $8.99
Our Price: Rs.1195 Rs.1075
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.120
Fantastic Mr. Fox
[Paperback - 2007]
roald dahl
Out of Stock
Availability in 4-6 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: $7.99
Our Price: Rs.1195 Rs.1075
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.120
George's Marvelous Medicine
[Paperback - 2007]
roald dahl
In Stock
List Price: $7.99
Our Price: Rs.1195 Rs.1075
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.120
The Twits
[Paperback - 2007]
roald dahl
In Stock
List Price: $7.99
Our Price: Rs.1195 Rs.1075
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.120
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
[Paperback - 2013]
roald dahl
In Stock
List Price: $7.99
Our Price: Rs.1445 Rs.1300
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.145
Roald Dahl Collected Stories (Everyman's Library Classics)
[Hardback - 2006]
roald dahl
In Stock
List Price: £20
Our Price: Rs.4995 Rs.4495
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.500
Esio Trot
[Paperback - 2009]
roald dahl
In Stock
List Price: £4.99
Our Price: Rs.895 Rs.805
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.90
James And The Giant Peach (Colour Edition)
[Paperback - 2011]
roald dahl
In Stock
List Price: £7.99
Our Price: Rs.1895 Rs.1705
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.190
George's Marvellous Medicine (Colour Edition)
[Paperback - 2011]
roald dahl
In Stock
List Price: £7.99
Our Price: Rs.1595 Rs.1435
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.160
Roald Dahl's Book Of Ghost Stories: Expect The Unexpected
[Paperback - 2012]
roald dahl
In Stock
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240

Bestsellers in Fiction

View All
Before The Coffee Gets Cold: Before The Coffee Gets Cold (Book 1)
[Paperback - 2019]
toshikazu kawaguchi
In Stock
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2295 Rs.2065
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.230
A Little Life: Tiktok Made Me Buy It!
[Paperback - 2016]
hanya yanagihara
In Stock
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240
The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo: Tiktok Made Me Buy It!
[Paperback - 2021]
taylor jenkins reid
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £8.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240
The Secret History: Tiktok Made Me Buy It!
[Paperback - 1993]
donna tartt
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2195 Rs.1975
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.220
Book Lovers: Tiktok Made Me Buy It!
[Paperback - 2022]
emily henry
In Stock
List Price: £8.99
Our Price: Rs.2195 Rs.1975
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.220
The Atlas Six: The Atlas Six Series (Book 1) Tiktok Made Me Buy It!
[Paperback - 2022]
olivie blake
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240
Twisted Games: Twisted Love (Book 2) (Tiktok Made Me Buy It!)
[Paperback - 2022]
ana huang
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2295 Rs.2065
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.230
It Ends With Us: It Ends With Us (Book 1) (Tiktok Made Me Buy It!)
[Paperback - 2016]
colleen hoover
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2595 Rs.2335
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.260
Twisted Love: Twisted Love (Book 1) (Tiktok Made Me Buy It!)
[Paperback - 2022]
ana huang
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2195 Rs.1975
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.220
King Of Wrath: Kings Of Sin (Book 1)
[Paperback - 2022]
ana huang
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2245 Rs.2020
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.225
Final Offer: Dreamland Billionaires (Book 3) (Tiktok Made Me Buy It!)
[Paperback - 2023]
lauren asher
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240
Icebreaker: The Maple Hills Series (Book 1) (Tiktok Made Me Buy It!)
[Paperback - 2023]
hannah grace
In Stock
List Price: £8.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240