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The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780141928944

  • Length: 272  Pages

  • RRP: £6.99

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: 9780141928944

  • Length: 272  Pages

  • RRP: £6.99

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  • I think these stories in this book have all the right ingredients - originality, horror, ingenuity, and a touch of the macabre

    Wendy Cooling

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About the Author

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories.

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