My Uncle Oswald

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Summary: pure fun of the impureist kind
Review: i loved his short stories focusing on this character so had to go the whole way. what i found was one of the most escapist novels i have read in a long time. it was pure fun, and oh what a page turner. i do have to criticise that fact that the middle section of the story was drawn out for so long. recommended for all the boys who fancy theres a bit of oswald in you.

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Summary: My Uncle Oswald
Review: I think this is one of the inferior books of Dahl. He is a great short story teller but as far as novel is concerned it lacks maturity. Of coarse we should not compare him to Marquez or Proust still he cannot build the canvas. I would say the book is good for one 10 hrs cross atlantic travel or two days of weekend holidays. Too much copulation in too little time and he could have handled that in more subtle ways. These books actually makes the difference between great (read genius) authors and "not so great" ones. If you have to judge Dahl please do not judge with these chronicles of a seducing uncle but with his children's stories and short stories.

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Summary: Funniest and one of the best written tales of all time.
Review: It is one of two books that I have read cover to cover (and the better of the two). The style of Dahl's writing is unmatched in this short story. Simply the funniest book I've ever read. I wish he had published more of the trials and escapades of young and old Oswald Cornelious.

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Summary: "My Uncle Oswald" is very definitely NOT a children's book!
Review: It is, however, an uproariously funny yarn that takes in virtually all the major figures of Europe at the turn of the last century; it will test your historical knowledge. It is also hilariously vulgar. If I found either of my daughters reading it, I would look the other way. It is that good a book. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Genius at work
Review: Lets face it Dahl was a genius.Why on earth he never get a nobel prize is beyond me.Uncle Oswald is a joy to the world.Who's the greatest fornicator of all in the literary world MacDonald Frasers' Flashman or the hero of this novel,well I'll leave that up to you,either way a laugh a minute (they certainly give a new perspective on englishmen anyway).

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Summary: Just brilliant
Review: My Uncle Oswald created just incrediable laughs for all. A definate read. Just so funny

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Summary: My favorite book of all-time!
Review: My Uncle Oswald has always been one of the best, funniest, and most-cherished books I have ever read. My sister recommended it to me at the library years ago, and I just recently ordered a copy to have myself, and have read it twice through! It could be read repeatedly and not become tiresome! I have also purchased Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life and Switch Bitch. Boy and Going Solo are next on my list. Roald Dahl has become one of my heroes! I just wish he was still alive and writing!

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Summary: Pure Fun
Review: My Uncle Oswald is one of those books that you can never forget. It is shocking, funny, and an adventure for the imagination. For those who feel that there isn't much in life to make you laugh anymore, read this book. Once completed, you feel you can't be shocked again. Sex is put into its simpliest terms, less complicated. Both sex and life seem funnier afterward. Uncle Oswald would be the black sheep of any family, the person everyone in the family wants to know more about. Uncle Oswald is the family member remembered after the "good guys" are long gone. Loved it.

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Summary: My favorite book ever
Review: My Uncle Oswald is perhaps the funnest read I have ever had. From his and Yasmine's escapades to tales from his youth to his outrageously chauvinistic attitude, Oswald lets us know that HE is greater even than the Casanovas and Don Juans of yore. I especially like the ties to history and, of course, Dahl's awesome writing style. Only negative to this book: it's too short.

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Summary: The story was so convincing it was almost the truth.
Review: Roald Dahl had spun an intricate web of stories that will hook a reader till the end and worse will make one wonder whether he based his stories on facts. Does the moon really has an effect on the sex of a calf? Are there really exist beattles that can turn an impotent man into a raging bull? Questions like those will haunt one forever.