Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Born in north Cardiff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, Dahl served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence agent. He rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors. His short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their unsentimental, often very dark h...
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
Synopsis
This collection gathers seven of Roald Dahl's stories for older readers, mixing invented tales with pieces drawn from his own life. At its center is the title story, in which Henry Sugar, a wealthy idler with nothing better to do, stumbles on the notebook of a man who taught himself to see without his eyes—and sets out to master the trick for the least admirable of reasons, only to be changed by what he learns.
Around it stand six more: a boy who can talk to animals and tries to save a giant turtle; a hitchhiker with a very particular skill; a schoolboy tormented by bullies in a chilling tale called "The Swan"; the true story of a buried Anglo-Saxon treasure; and two autobiographical pieces about how Dahl became a writer and survived a wartime plane crash.
By turns funny, eerie, and quietly moving, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More shows Dahl's range beyond his famous children's novels, with his trademark taste for the strange and the unexpected.
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Henry SugarProtagonist
A rich, aimless man who learns an extraordinary skill in the collection's title story.
Roald DahlCameo
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The wonderful story of Henry Sugar and six morePaperback, 2013
213 pages
Puffin BooksLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9780141346502printing (002)5 editions available
