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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Este libro recoge una época particularmente desenfrenada de la vida del legendario tío Oswald, millonario, esteta, 'bon vivant' y un Don Juan infatigable, cuya vida amatoria deja en pañales a la del mismísimo Casanova. El tío Oswald es "el mayor fornicador de todos los tiempos", afirma su sobrino y transcriptor de sus Diarios.

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. ( )