Switch Bitch

Here at last—more than twenty years after Someone Like You, almost fifteen years since Kiss, Kiss—is a new collection of (adult) stories by the Supreme Master of Nastiness (except, of course, when he’s writing about Charlie—of the Chocolate Factory and the Great Glass Elecator—and James—of the Giant Peach).

Stand by to Encounter:

Uncle Oswald, who likes scorpions and seducint ladies on top of pyramids (magnificent views, and you can always spot the approach of the Opposition), but who shouldn’t have stayed the night with a very new friend he met by chance in the Sinai desert…

Vic, the suburban Jupiter who works out a completely foolproof system for the great switcher, and foolishly takes the shape and the place of luscious Samantha’s husband, Jerry…

Anna, who doesn’t realise that you should never, need all up a long-lost beau if he’s a doctor and lives in Dallas…

irrepressible Uncle Oswald again, whose chemist friend has invented a (totally) irresistible perfume...

In short: four cautionary Mother Goosepimple tales for grown-ups, each of them laced with elegant fun and horrible surprises!

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