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Roald Dahl
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Sign up todayThe Champion of the World (A Roald Dahl Short Story)
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Narrator
Stephen Mangan
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Length
1 hour 1 minute
Language
English
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Champion of the World by Roald Dahl, read by Stephen Mangan.
In The Champion of the World, Roald Dahl tells a funny, bittersweet story about low cunning in the country. Danny and his father William are a pair of poachers who discover a foolproof way to bag pheasants using sleeping pills and raisins, however things do not go exactly to plan . . .
The Champion of the World is taken from the short story collection Kiss Kiss, which includes ten other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who pawns the mink coat from her lover with unexpected results; the priceless piece of furniture that is the subject of a deceitful bargain; a wronged woman taking revenge on her dead husband, and others.
Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in 1916 in Wales of Norwegian parents. He was educated in England before starting work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa, and began writing after a 'monumental bash on the head' sustained as an RAF fighter pilot during the Second World War. He worked in a tiny hut in the apple orchard of his house in Buckinghamshire until his death in 1990 at the age of 74. Roald Dahl's many books continue to be read by children the world over who delight in the magic of his marvellous storytelling. His books continue to be bestsellers, despite his death in 1990, and total sales are 100 million worldwide!
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Stephen Mangan
ISBN:
9781405911535
Length:
1 hour 1 minute
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date:
September 13, 2012
Edition:
Unabridged
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