The Umbrella Man & Other Stories by Roald Dahl [U.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1998 • Viking

The Umbrella Man and Other Stories by Roald Dahl 

U.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1998] VIKING

Published in the U.K. as The Great Automatic Grammatizator. 

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.  Like new with a small gift inscription on front endpaper.

Near mint dust jacket with a price clipped front panel, now housed in a new archival quality jacket protector.  

Thirteen unexpected tales with shocking and unsettling twists at every turn.

Can it really possible to invent a machine that does the job of a writer? How would you take exact revenge on a cruel tabloid journalist? What is it about the landlady’s house that makes it so hard for her guests to leave? Does Sir Basil Turton value most his wife or one of his priceless sculptures?

Before he was a world-renowned children's book writer, Dahl was a master of short stories for adults. The thirteen tales collected here represent some of his finest work. By turns shocking, ironic, humorous, and touching, these stories are filled with bizarre twists and unexpected delights. This collection proves Roald Dahl's standing as one of the world's foremost storytellers.