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After reading all the classic Ronald Dahl stories as a child I more recently discovered “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”. The titular tale is great entertainment, especially in light of the current trendiness of meditation. Another story in that book “The Hitch-hiker” is also good fun.

On the other hand I would not particularly recommend “Skin and other stories” which I also discovered recently but did not connect with.



You might enjoy this book about his pursuits during WWII, The Irregulars [1]

1. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001FA0HXY


I discovered Skin as a teen and it rocked my sensibilities. I still find it to have the best adult dark humor short stories. What did you not like in Skin?




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