TY - BOOK AU - Dahl, Roald TI - Deception / SN - 9781405933001 [paperback] PY - 2016/// CY - United Kingdom : PB - Penguin Books, KW - Classics and Literary KW - Lies fiction KW - English KW - Fiction N1 - 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.; Adult N2 - 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 ER -