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Loading... Cat O'Nine Tales: And Other Stories (original 2006; edition 2007)by Jeffrey Archer (Author)
Work InformationCat o'Nine Tales: And Other Stories by Jeffrey Archer (2006)
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  Ibrahim_Obalola | Apr 15, 2021 |    ) cfulton20 | Dec 5, 2018 | ) cfulton20 | Dec 5, 2018 | Beautifully and cleverly narrated. I really am hooked on Archer's short stories. The list of stories The Man who Robbed his own Post Office Maestro Don’t Drink the Water It Can’t Be October Already The Red King The Wisdom of Solomon Know What I Mean? Charity Begins at Home The Alibi A Greek Tragedy The Commissioner In The Eye of the Beholder They range from a tale of ‘The Man Who Robbed His Own Post Office’, to the story of a company chairman who tried to poison his wife while on a trip to St Petersburg – both with unexpected consequences. In another, ‘Maestro’, an Italian restaurateur ends up in jail, unable to explain to the tax man how he can own a yacht, a Ferrari and a home in Florence, while only declaring a profit of £70,000 a year. ‘The Red King’ is a tale about a con man who discovers that an English Lord requires one more chess piece to complete a set that would be worth a fortune. In another tale of deception, ‘The Commissioner’, a Bombay con artist ends up in the morgue, after he uses the police chief as bait in his latest scam. ‘The Alibi’ reveals how a convict manages to remove an old enemy while he’s locked up in jail, and then set up two prison officers as his alibi. In total contrast is the accountant, who, in ‘Charity Begins at Home’, realises he has achieved nothing in his life, and sets out to make a fortune before he retires. And then there is Archer’s favourite, which he came across after leaving prison, ‘In the Eye of the Beholder’, where a handsome premier division footballer falls in love with a 20-stone woman … who just happens to be the ninth richest woman in Italy. - this extract from Archer's website. (  ) smik | Sep 16, 2018 | ( ) ChristineEllei | Jul 14, 2015 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Cat O'Nine Tales is the fifth collection of irresistible short stories from the master storyteller. Ingeniously plotted, with richly drawn characters and Jeffrey Archer's trademark of deliciously unexpected conclusions, some of these thirteen stories were inspired by the two years Archer spent in prison, including the story of the company chairman who tries to poison his wife while on a trip to St. Petersburg--with unexpected consequences. There is also Archer's favorite, In the Eye of the Beholder, where a handsome star athlete falls in love with a three-hundred-pound woman...who happens to be the ninth richest woman in Italy. Archer is the only author to have topped international bestseller lists with his fiction, nonfiction, and his short stories. Cat O'Nine Tales is Archer at his best: witty, sad, surprising, and unforgettable. .No library descriptions found. |
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I take it back. I have just reread it. It is quite good. (