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Picked up from Cafe Zone, Halifax.
This is Roald Dahl's first collection of his world famous dark and sinister adult stories; a wife serves a dish that baffles the Police; a harmless bet suddenly becomes anything but; a curious machine reveals a horrifying truth about plants; and a man lies awake waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach . . .

Not bad, I suppose! I've been spoilt by the short stories by Angela Carter, and this was nowhere near. Many started off ok, but "lost it" at the end. Read them all, but moving swiftly on !

Left on a windowsill in the ladies' shower block.

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