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My Uncle Oswald is an adult novel written by Roald Dahl.The novel stars Uncle Oswald, a character who previously appeared in "The Visitor" and "Bitch", two short stories also written by Roald Dahl (and which can be both found in the book Switch Read More..

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Description	My Uncle Oswald is an adult novel written by Roald Dahl.The novel stars Uncle Oswald, a character who previously appeared in "The Visitor" and "Bitch", two short stories also written by Roald Dahl (and which can be both found in the book Switch Bitch).In his 1980 review, Vance Bourjaily said:Bourjaily, Vance (1980), "Civilized Ribaldry," The New York Times, April 20, 1980, p. BR4 Christopher Lehman-Haupt called it "a festival of bad taste that is at heart so innocent that we soon forgive it and enjoy ourselves," "thoroughly juvenile fun," and said "I haven't had so much fun of this sort since my last all-night joke-telling session at summer camp."Lehman-Haupt, Christopher (1980), "Books of the Times," The New York Times, April 29, 1980, p. C9The nameless narrator has revealed snippets of the lovable, lascivious Uncle Oswald's life in other collections, but this is the only novel—brief though it is—dedicated solely to the diaries of "the greatest fornicator of all time." Inspired by stories of the aphrodisiac powers of the Sudanese blister beetle, the palpable seductiveness of the lovely Yasmin Howcomely, and the scientific know-how of Professor A. R. Woresley, Uncle Oswald anticipates the concept of the Nobel sperm bank by some 40 years, flimflamming crowned heads, great artists, and eccentric geniuses into making "donations." The life of a commercial sperm broker has a few surprises even for a sophisticated bon vivant, and Dahl manages his signature sting-in-the-tail ending even in one of his lightest comic works. Dahl's novel was published in 1979.
Description	My Uncle Oswald is an adult novel written by Roald Dahl.The novel stars Uncle Oswald, a character who previously appeared in "The Visitor" and "Bitch", two short stories also written by Roald Dahl (and which can be both found in the book Switch Bitch).In his 1980 review, Vance Bourjaily said:Bourjaily, Vance (1980), "Civilized Ribaldry," The New York Times, April 20, 1980, p. BR4 Christopher Lehman-Haupt called it "a festival of bad taste that is at heart so innocent that we soon forgive it and enjoy ourselves," "thoroughly juvenile fun," and said "I haven't had so much fun of this sort since my last all-night joke-telling session at summer camp."Lehman-Haupt, Christopher (1980), "Books of the Times," The New York Times, April 29, 1980, p. C9The nameless narrator has revealed snippets of the lovable, lascivious Uncle Oswald's life in other collections, but this is the only novel—brief though it is—dedicated solely to the diaries of "the greatest fornicator of all time." Inspired by stories of the aphrodisiac powers of the Sudanese blister beetle, the palpable seductiveness of the lovely Yasmin Howcomely, and the scientific know-how of Professor A. R. Woresley, Uncle Oswald anticipates the concept of the Nobel sperm bank by some 40 years, flimflamming crowned heads, great artists, and eccentric geniuses into making "donations." The life of a commercial sperm broker has a few surprises even for a sophisticated bon vivant, and Dahl manages his signature sting-in-the-tail ending even in one of his lightest comic works. Dahl's novel was published in 1979.

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Name	My Uncle Oswald
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Authors	Roald Dahl
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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Pages	222 pp. (hardback edition) * 208 pp. (paperback edition)
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Media_type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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Isbn	0-7181-1864-2
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Oclc	5310105
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Publisher	Michael Joseph (UK)
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