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Deception / Roald Dahl.

By: Dahl, Roald [author. ]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: United Kingdom : Penguin Books, c2016Description: 285 pages : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 9781405933001 [paperback]Subject(s): Classics and Literary | Lies fiction -- EnglishGenre/Form: Fiction

Contents:

My lady love, my dove -- The mildenhall treasure -- Parsons's pleasure -- The wonderful story of Henry Sugar -- The umbrella man -- The bookseller -- Vengeance is mine inc. -- Lamb to the slaughter -- Mr Botibol -- Man from the south.

Summary: Why do we lie? Why do we deceive those we lost most? What do we fear revealing? In this ten tales of deception Roald Dahl explores our tireless efforts to hide the truth about ourselves. Here, among many other tales you'll read about how to get away with the perfect murder, the old man whos wagers end in a most disturbing payment, how revenge is sweeter when it is carried out by someone else and the card sharp so good at cheating he does something surprising with his life. -- Publisher

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Item type	Current location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	College Library Fiction	F D13d 2016 (Browse shelf)	Available		3UCBL000027468

Why do we lie? Why do we deceive those we lost most? What do we fear revealing? In this ten tales of deception Roald Dahl explores our tireless efforts to hide the truth about ourselves.

Here, among many other tales you'll read about how to get away with the perfect murder, the old man whos wagers end in a most disturbing payment, how revenge is sweeter when it is carried out by someone else and the card sharp so good at cheating he does something surprising with his life. -- Publisher