My Uncle Oswald

Uncle Oswald discovers the world's most powerful aphrodisiac and a method for quick-freezing sperm and has beautiful Yasmin administer the aphrodisiac to fifty-one geniuses alive in 1919 whom rich women would want to father their chidren Roald Dahl's first-ever novel presents the scurrilous memoirs of that delightful old reprobate from switch bitch, Oswald Hendryks Cornelius - connoisseur, bon vivant, collector of spiders, scorpions, odd walking sticks, lover of opera, expert on Chinese porcelain, and without doubt the greatest fornicator of all time. In this delightful picaresque story, it is revealed how Uncle Oswald first achieved great wealth - all thanks to the Sundance blister beetle, which when ground to powder has the most electrifying aphrodisiac qualities. It is 1919 - armed with the powder and aided by the beautiful amoral Yasmin how comely, Oswald begins an audacious commercial enterprise which involves seducing the most famous men in Europe - from crowded heads to Bernard Shaw and Marcel Proust. In about 1919, Uncle Oswald stumbles onto the world's most powerful aphrodisiac, Powdered Sudanese Blister Beetle