{"product_id":"tales-of-the-unexpected","title":"Tales of the Unexpected","description":"\u003cb\u003e Includes the story \"Poison,\" now a short film from Wes Anderson on Netflix \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this collection of stories, Dahl tantalizes, amuses, and sometimes terrifies readers about what lurks beneath the ordinary. - \"With the inventive power of a Thomas Edison and the imagination of a Lewis Carroll . . . Roald Dahl is a wizard of comedy and the grotesque, an artist with a marvelously topsy-turvy sense of the ridiculous in life.\" --\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded in this collection are such notorious gems of the bizarre as \"The Second Machine,\" \"Lamb to the Slaughter,\" \"Neck,\" and \"The Landlady.\" Other stories explore: A wine connoisseur with an infallible palate and a sinister taste in wagers. A decrepit old man with a masterpiece tattooed on his back. A voracious adventuress, a gentle cuckold, and a garden sculpture that becomes an instrument of sadistic vengeance. Social climbers who climb a bit too quickly. Philanderers whose deceptions are a trifle too ornate. Impeccable servants whose bland masks slip for one vertiginous instant.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44458606297225,"sku":"9780679729891","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0376\/3057\/4729\/files\/imageloader_9691acae-9921-4313-8f3b-5c7ac5998031.jpg?v=1780864318","url":"https:\/\/thebookmarkpr.com\/products\/tales-of-the-unexpected","provider":"The Bookmark Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}