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| Author | Roald Dahl |
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| Publisher | Puffin Books |
Publication date | July 2000 |
| ISBN | 0-670-89184-3 |
Skin and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written byRoald Dahl, published in 2000 byPuffin Books,[1] a division ofPenguin Putnam Books.
Most of these stories were previously collected in the Dahl book,Someone Like You (1953)."An African Story" and "Beware of the Dog" were previously collected inOver to You (1946). "The Champion of the World" was previously collected inKiss Kiss (1960).
The story "The Surgeon" was originally published inPlayboy magazine in 1986.[2]
Dr Sandy operates on a Saudi prince, and is given a diamond as a reward. He is going away for the weekend, so he hides the diamond by freezing it into an ice tray. When he returns, his house has been ransacked and the diamond is gone. The next day, another surgeon is operating on someone with an object stuck in his intestine. It is the diamond! This surgeon takes it to the same jeweller Dr Sandy had taken it to, to be valued. The jeweller recognises it and calls the police, who arrest the other surgeon. The jeweller notifies Sandy. He is able to explain the situation, and the burglar is arrested while recovering from his surgery. He had evidently made himself a drink at Dr Sandy's house.
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