A quick and naughty read, with all the fun of one of Dahl’s Children’s books but a great many more sex scenes.
Suffice to say, if a luscious woman offers you a chocolate, perhaps you should consider carefully before you accept it.
Made me laugh- rumpy bumpy and nefarious schemes abound, and Dahl can surely turn a phrase.
NOT A CHILDREN’S STORY.
Of course it is entirely inappropriate, speaks of sexual assault as a fun thing, uses a woman rather shamefully (though she is a willing participant) and of course it is full of sexism and stuff. It’s not great literature. But anyone who has read any Ronald Dahl knows that he pushes an image about as far as any author can. All of his stories are vaguely scandalous. Don’t read if it you are easily offended. For me, the image of a naked George Bernard Shaw, undone by a doctored grape and desperate for some some with the heroine of the tale was amusing.
I’m shallow that way, I guess.
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Not the best introduction to Dahl's adult fiction, but a fun read nonetheless. I mean, how can you go wrong with telling dirty jokes about Picasso, Monet, Puccini, Joyce, and the King of France? Uncle Oswald's short stories are better by far, however. ( )

Not the best introduction to Dahl's adult fiction, but a fun read nonetheless. I mean, how can you go wrong with telling dirty jokes about Picasso, Monet, Puccini, Joyce, and the King of France? Uncle Oswald's short stories are better by far, however. ( )

Read the whole thing while wincing and trying to convince myself “it was a different time” when it was written. Looked up the year of publication and it wasn’t *that* long ago. We’ve come a long way in thirty years, maybe. ( )

Very disappointed. Only the ending saved it from getting only one star.

Let's even not think about the main point of this book where they use drugs to rape men. Steal their semen so they can sell it. This book is just a boring repetition of the same thing over and over again.

I expected some witty interesting funny story but this was just boring crap. Really boring.

Not recommended ( )