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Deception

By: Roald Dahl
Narrated by: Andrew Scott, Derek Jacobi, Juliet Stevenson, Mark Heap, Richard Griffiths, Stephen Mangan
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From Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail, a newly collected audiobook of his darkest stories, read by Richard Griffiths, Andrew Scott, Derick Jacobi, Mark Heap, Juliet Stevenson and Stephen Mangan.

'The cruelest lies are often told in silence....'

Why do we lie? Why do we deceive those we love most? What do we fear revealing?

In these 10 tales of deception, master storyteller Roald Dahl explores our tireless efforts to hide the truth about ourselves. Collected together for the first time, stories include 'My Lady Love', 'My Dove', 'Mildenhall Treasure', 'The Parson's Pleasure', 'Henry Sugar', 'The Umbrella Man', 'The Bookseller', 'Vengeance Is Mine Inc.', 'Lamb to the Slaughter', 'Mr Botibol' and 'Man from the South'.

Dahl understood our deepest secrets, desires and fears, and Deception is one of four books - the rest being Lust, Cruelty and Madness - that explore our hidden selves.

©2016 Roald Dahl (P)2016 Penguin Audio Anthologies & Short Stories Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Psychological Romance Satire Short Stories Women's Fiction Comedy Suspense

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Dahl handles the theme of Deception and it’s various guises well across this collection of his stories. Some stories are more exciting than others, with the all-time classics ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ and ‘Man from the South’ being the standouts, showing true mastery of the short story form. Some fantastic actors provide narration which really do the material justice.

Dahl and Delicious Deception

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Now I see where Tarantino got his idea for the "Four rooms"! Going to check out other Dahl books.

A classic!

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I loved Roald Dahl as a child and wanted to revisit his work as an adult and I'm so glad I found this collection of short stories.
These tales have the same darkness and humour that was so skillfully weaved into his children's stories, but the settings are a little more mature and grounded.
Rounded off with strong, varied narrators and you have some short-but-sour stories to enjoy.

Chilling and charming

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I have always loved the Roald Dahl short stories - been brilliant to listen to them expertly read. Nice having a variety of readers.

wonderful stories

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Roald Dahl's genius writing being brought to life by fabulous narration..what's not to love?

great stories with twists

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Book of short stories which I thoroughly enjoyed, I remember a few of the stories from a television programme called Tales of the Unexpected.

Thoroughly enjoyed

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Enjoyed every storey and the suspense! Highly recommended. I will listen to it again (& again)

Master storey teller - equally superb audio renditon

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A great set of short stories that are varied and entertaining, a cornucopia of examples of the meaning of the word that names the book. Some are nasty, others funny, and some are purely historical; of that one I could have read and entire book, but they are all well accomplished and worth the read.

Lots of deception but no disappointment

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having grown up with Roald Dahl children's books, I somehow missed this collection as a grown-up.
Some great stories and read perfectly

Highly enjoyable listen

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typical Dahl...dark insights into human weakness..so well framed and paced perfectly...David Walliams eat your heart out

narrators were excellent

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