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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Trickery by Roald Dahl, read by Kevin Eldon, Stephen Mangan, Cillian Murphy, Derek Jacobi, Richard E. Grant, Stephanie Beacham, Jessica Hynes, Andrew Scott and Tom Felton.

How underhand could you be to get what you want? In these ten tales of dark and twisted trickery Roald Dahl reveals that we are at our smartest and most cunning when we set out to deceive others - and, sometimes, even ourselves.

Here, among others, you'll read of the married couple and the parting gift which rocks their marriage, the light fingered hitch-hiker and the grateful motorist, and discover why the serious poacher keeps a few sleeping pills in his arsenal.

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Critic reviews

There's a whole world of Dahl still to discover in a newly collected book of his deliciously dark tales for adults . . .

How underhand could you be to get what you want? In these ten tales of dark and twisted trickery Roald Dahl reveals that we are at our smartest and most cunning when we set out to deceive others - and, sometimes, even ourselves.
Trickery, is the most Dahlian of the lot . . . joyously anarchic stuff, the sort of adventure you hope adult life will be full of when you're a child (James Marriott)
The titles are wonderfully unsettling guide to the beloved children's author's preoccupations (James Marriott)
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Good collection of stories. Only the last story has an issue and that is that my copy repeated it for some reason. Otherwise very good and worth a listen.

Good collection

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Would you listen to Trickery again? Why?

In time, yes - there is an interesting breadth of different stories, all with an unexpected twist and a great deal of humour and pathos.

What did you like best about this story?

The variety of narrators. Stephanie Beacham, Andrew Scott and Richard E Grant in particular are excellent.

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

They all brought their own stories to life.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It frequently made me laugh out loud.

Any additional comments?

Looking forward to listening to the rest of the collection.

Loved this quirky collection of stories

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This was a fun set of stories to listen to; all were slightly different but all involved a twist in the tale of one kind or another. A great cast of narrators made the experience even more enjoyable. This is definitely one I will be dipping into again.

A great bag of Tricks

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wtaf roald Dahl the man is a demented genius gifted with an impressive control of language. perfomed with mad talent just bare good.

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Even though the performances were good, the stories were not. This is unusual for Roald Dahl. The other collections are great.

Poor

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