Why a Booktrail?
‘There is a pleasure sure in being mad, which none but madmen know’
Madness
What you need to know before your trail
Our greatest fear is of losing control – of our lives, but, most of all, of ourselves. In these ten unsettling tales of unexpected madness master storyteller Roald Dahl explores what happens when we let go of our sanity.
Among other stories, you’ll meet the husband with a jealous fixation on the family cat, the landlady who wants her guests to stay forever, the man whose taste for pork leads him astray and the wife with a pathological fear of being late.
Locations
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England – Great Missenden
The stories in this collection are set as far afield as Jamaica and Africa, but the real and only setting really is fear and the scary series of consequences that can result out of something so ordinary
The Landlady set in Bath – you might want to read this before you visit this or any city and stay in a nice, cosy B and B!
Jamaica – The Boy Who Talked to Animals – David is on holiday with his parents and is desperate to get a group of fishermen to let a giant sea turtle go.
All at sea – Careful of the bets you make on board a moving ship, miles from anywhere….
Africa…Where An African story reveals more than would first appear…
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Madness
Destination: England, Wales, Jamaica, Africa Author/Guide: Roald Dahl Departure Time: Various
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