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The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780141365565

  • Length: 272  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 17mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 219g

  • RRP: £8.99

The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories

CAN a machine really do the job of a writer?

HOW would you take exact revenge on a cruel tabloid journalist?

WHY does no one emerge from the house of an eccentric landlady?

THIRTEEN UNEXPECTED TALES WITH SHOCKING AND UNSETTLING TWISTS AT EVERY TURN.

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780141365565

  • Length: 272  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 17mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 219g

  • RRP: £8.99

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The son of Norwegian parents, Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916 and educated at Repton. He was a fighter pilot for the RAF during World War Two, and it was while writing about his experiences during this time that he started his career as an author. His fabulously popular children's books are read by children all over the world. He died in November 1990.

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