| ID | 010583 |
| Call Number | FIC/BON |
| Title Proper | The Rupa book of wicked stories |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bond, Ruskin (ed.) |
| Edition Statement | 2008 |
| Publication | New Delhi, Rupa & Co, 2005. |
| Description | x, 190p Light Blue Spine |
| Series | The Rupa Book of... |
| Note | In this book Ruskin Bond skilfully and creatively compiles a set of short stories, all of which have a strand of wickdeness of some kind running through them. Sometimes the protagonists are wicked; sometimes the author is. But rather than being conventional tales of good and evil, this collection showcases the dark side that all human beings have, and the sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic, sometimes frightening situations that reveal this aspect of their characters. |
| Note | Introduction
Mr.Swiddler's flip-flap/ Ambrose Bierce
An imperfect conflagration/ Ambrose Bierce
The blind spot/ Saki
Laura/ Saki
He said it with Arsenic/ Ruskin Bond
Hanging at the mango - tope/ Ruskin Bond
Helping Mummy/ Norah C. James
Really was a bluetit/ E.H.W.Meyerstein
Pendlebury' s trophy/ John Eyten
The yellow cat/ Michael Joseph
Why Herbert killed his mother/ Winifred Holtby
Golden silence/ Crosby Garstin
The cat-lovers/ E.H.W.Meyerstein
The women avenge/ Edgar Jepson
Beckwith's case/ Maurice Hewlett
The room on the fourth floor/ Ralph Straus
The great French duel/ Mark Twain |
| Standard Number | 8129106833 |
| Price. Qualification | Rs.95(Pb) |
| Classification Number | FIC |
| Key Words | IGCSE ; Short Stories, Indic (English) |