This is a collection of short stories about "deception". It is a fairy tale written for adults by the famous children's literature writer Roald Dahl.
Here, you will meet: a priest who tries his best to defraud people of antiques, a farmer who tries every means to hide his treasure, a couple who cheats in card games, a bookstore that does not make money by selling books, a musician who pretends to be Chopin, a company that specializes in revenge, a murder weapon swallowed by the police, a drunkard who steals umbrellas for money, a southern man who is keen on gambling...
Ten fairy tales reveal the truth about all the "deceptions" in life: the so-called clever scams are just illusions waiting to be exposed!
Among them, "Lamb to the Slaughter" ranked first in the personal book list of the best-selling "Island Bookstore" owner A. J. Fikri, and "Southern Man" was included in "Hitchcock's Suspense Stories" and was later adapted into a part of the movie "Four Rooms" by Quentin Tarantino.
Reader comments
It's very reversible and has great irony.
Unexpectedly, there is a way of writing O. Henry
Really worth recommending
It is very real. It exposes all kinds of social conditions and flexibly displays the ugliness, cunning and perversion of human nature in simple and concise words.
Very beautiful, great, amazing
My beloved woman, bookstore, umbrella thief, lamb to be slaughtered, I like these articles. The last southern man didn't understand.
It's beautiful and has a lot of imagination.
People in the world are like stars
Recommended by the bookstore on the island, it's pretty good [laughs][laughs][laughs]
Not bad, not bad, quite gripping, every short story is wonderful.
It's very reversible and has great irony. Unexpectedly, there is a way of writing O. Henry Really worth recommending
It is very real. It exposes all kinds of social conditions and flexibly displays the ugliness, cunning and perversion of human nature in simple and concise words.
Very beautiful, great, amazing
My beloved woman, bookstore, umbrella thief, lamb to be slaughtered, I like these articles. The last southern man didn't understand.
It's beautiful and has a lot of imagination.
People in the world are like stars
Recommended by the bookstore on the island, it's pretty good [laughs][laughs][laughs]
Not bad, not bad, quite gripping, every short story is wonderful.