Skin and other stories / Roald Dahl.

By: Dahl, Roald [author.]Contributor(s): Dahl, Roald. Short stories [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Puffin, 2013Copyright date: ©2000Description: vii, 212 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780141347875Uniform titles: Short stories. Selections. Genre/Form: Short stories. | Young adult fiction. DDC classification: 823.914
Contents:
Skin -- Lamb to the Slaughter -- The Sound Machine -- An African Story -- Galloping Foxley -- The Wish -- The Surgeon -- Dip in the Pool -- The Champion of the World -- Beware of the Dog.
Summary: SHORT STORIES. This is a collection of eleven short stories to startle, surprise and satisfy from Roald Dahl - the master of the twist in the tale. How would you get rid of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? Where would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? What if you found out the tattoo on your back was worth over a million pounds? Specially chosen for teenagers by Wendy Cooling, the stories have been taken from The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl, published by Michael Joseph. Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916. He was educated in England before going to work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. With the outbreak of World War II, he became an RAF fighter pilot. He began writing for adults at the close of the war, with the encouragement of C. S. Forester. His first children's book, James and the Giant Peach, was published in 1961 and each of his subsequent books became bestsellers. Ages 13+
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First published: 2000.

The stories in this collection were first published in The collected short stories of Roald Dahl: [London] : Michael Joseph, 1991.

Skin -- Lamb to the Slaughter -- The Sound Machine -- An African Story -- Galloping Foxley -- The Wish -- The Surgeon -- Dip in the Pool -- The Champion of the World -- Beware of the Dog.

SHORT STORIES. This is a collection of eleven short stories to startle, surprise and satisfy from Roald Dahl - the master of the twist in the tale. How would you get rid of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? Where would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? What if you found out the tattoo on your back was worth over a million pounds? Specially chosen for teenagers by Wendy Cooling, the stories have been taken from The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl, published by Michael Joseph. Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916. He was educated in England before going to work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. With the outbreak of World War II, he became an RAF fighter pilot. He began writing for adults at the close of the war, with the encouragement of C. S. Forester. His first children's book, James and the Giant Peach, was published in 1961 and each of his subsequent books became bestsellers. Ages 13+

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