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An African Story (A Roald Dahl Short Story)

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An African Story (A Roald Dahl Short Story)

By: Roald Dahl
Narrated by: Cillian Murphy
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of An African Story by Roald Dahl, read by Cillian Murphy.

In An African Story, Roald Dahl tells us the twisted tale of the dog killer, the missing milk, the old man and the snake.

An African Story is taken from the short story collection Over to You, which includes nine other dramatic and terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot, and is drawn from Dahl's own experiences during the Second World War.

Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Genre Fiction War & Military Short Story Scary Air Force

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This audio has great narration although that's probably only the one best thing about it

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