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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
Deliciously dark adult tales soon to be a major Netflix film starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Sir Ben Kingsley Dev Patel and more!
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Includes seven tales of the bizarre and unexpected.
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A beautiful new jacket treatment, part of Penguin's reissue programme of Dahl's adult titles.
Enter a brilliant, sinister and wholly unpredictable world. Here you will find the suggestion of other-worldly goings-on in a dark story about a swan and a boy; the surprising tale of a wealthy young wastrel who suddenly develops a remarkable new ability; and meet the hitchhiker whose light-fingers save the day.
Stories include:
- The Boy Who Talked with Animals
- The Hitch-hiker
- The Mildenhall Treasure
- The Swan
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
- Lucky Break
- A Piece of Cake
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl is praised as a masterful collection with twists that captivate readers. Described as an unforgettable read, it offers a special experience not to be missed.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241955789
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 October 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 183g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Sitting in a hut at the bottom of his garden, surrounded by odd bits and pieces such as a suitcase (used as a footrest), his own hipbone (which he'd had replaced) and a heavy ball of metal foil (made from years' worth of chocolate wrappers), Roald Dahl wrote some of the world's best-loved stories including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Twits, The Witches, The BFG, Fantastic Mr Fox, James and the Giant Peach and lots more.
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