Tales of the Unexpected Condition:Well Read the works of Franz Kafka—or

the works of Franz Kafka—or perhaps like Mann’s The Magic Mountain thrown into a meat-grinder—The Hospital is a nosedive into the realms of the imagination

How many of us sometimes feel that we are scratching at the walls of this life

He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight club

and suggests what governments can do to prepare for the future — even as no one can predict it

eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king

Tales of the Unexpected Condition:Well Read the works of Franz Kafka—orRoald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected is a delightfully dark collection of sixteen stories, each with a startling end. Among the unforgettable characters lurk the homicidal wife and her deadly leg of lamb, a conniving and lecherous wine connoisseur and the one eyed brain at the mercy of his vengeful spouse. Tales of the Unexpected is an astonishing assortment of twisted treats from the master storyteller.