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Lust
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 18 August 2016
- Run Time
- 10 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Lust by Roald Dahl, read by Mark Heap, Derek Jacobi, Richard E Grant, Gillian Anderson, Shane Rimmer, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Jessica Hynes.
We fall not in love but in lust . . .
Lust, in all its myriad forms, consumes us. What won't we do to achieve our heart's desire? In these ten tales of twisted love master storyteller Roald Dahl explores how our darkest impulses reveal who we really are.
Collected together for the first time, stories include Madame Rosette, Neck, Georgy Porgy, The Visitor, The Last Act, The Great Switcheroo, Bitch, Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, The Ratcatcher and Nunc Dimittis.
Critics Review
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From Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail, a newly collected book of his darkest stories
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One of the most widely read and influential writers
The Times
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The absolute master of the twist in the tale
Observer
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Roald Dahl is one of the few writers I know whose work can accurately be described as addictive
Irish Times
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Dahl is too good a storyteller to become predictable
Daily Telegraph
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One of the most widely read and influential writers of our generation
The Times
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Details
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 10 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 August 2016
- ISBN
- 9781405930529
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Short stories
Synopsis
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Lust by Roald Dahl, read by Mark Heap, Derek Jacobi, Richard E Grant, Gillian Anderson, Shane Rimmer, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Jessica Hynes. We fall not in love but in lust . . .Lust, in all its myriad forms, consumes us. What won't we do to achieve our heart's desire? In these ten tales of twisted love master storyteller Roald Dahl explores how our darkest impulses reveal who we really are.Collected together for the first time, stories include Madame Rosette, Neck, Georgy Porgy, The Visitor, The Last Act, The Great Switcheroo, Bitch, Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, The Ratcatcher and Nunc Dimittis.
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