More tales of the unexpected

Description:

Roald Dahl can stand on your head, twist you in knots, tie up your hands and leave you gasping for more. In this, his latest selection of short stories the surprises are as wicked and witty as ever. Taken from someone like you, Kiss Kiss and the wonderful world of Henry Sugar, plus four brand new stories, they lure you into a world as full of unease, coincidence and black humour as you could wish. Stories are: [Poison](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504477W/Poison) [Sound Machine](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8318678W/The_Sound_Machine) [Genesis and Catastrophe](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504273W/Genesis_and_Catastrophe) [Georgy Porgy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504272W/Georgy_Porgy) [Hitchhiker](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504711W/The_Hitchhiker) Umbrella Man Mr Botibol Vengeance in Mine Inc. Butler ---------- Contained in: [Completely Unexpected Tales](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL45795W)

subjects: Fiction,  Literature,  Fiction, short stories (single author),  short story,  Bungarus,  Austrian Germans,  doctors,  Midwives,  English nursery rhymes,  neurosis,  celibacy,  vicars,  spinsters,  sexual repression,  seduction,  cannibalism,  abstinence,  soft drinks,  summer houses,  involuntary commitment,  psychiatrists,  sadism,  Hitchhiking,  Pickpockets

People: Harry Pope,  Timber Woods,  Dr. Ganderbai,  Klausner,  Klara Hitler,  Otto Hitler,  Gustav Hitler,  Ida Hitler,  Alois Hitler,  Adolf Hitler (1889-1945),  George,  Lady Birdwell,  Miss Roach,  narrator,  hitchhiker

Places: India,  British Empire,  London,  Epsom,  Derby Day

Times: 1975