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The Great Automatic Grammatizator [SS]
โ Scribed by Dahl, Roald
- Book ID
- 110485293
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 584 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781405911153
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โฆ Synopsis
The Great Automatic Grammatizator is a short, sharp, chilling story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale.
In The Great Automatic Grammatizator , Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a powerful computer designed to help people starts to supplant them . . .
The Great Automatic Grammatizator is taken from the short story collection Someone Like You , which includes seventeen other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who serves a dish that baffles the police; a curious machine that reveals the horrifying truth about plants; the man waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach; and others.
'The absolute master of the twist in the tale.' (Observer )
This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Will Self.
Roald Dahl, the brilliant...
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