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The Surgeon

Roald Dahl

First published January 1988
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

An original idea for how to hide a diamond goes wrong when it causes the jewel to be swallowed. Luckily the rightful owner is a surgeon.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1988 Playboy, January 1988 Playboy MAGAZINE 74
September 1991 The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl Michael Joseph Omnibus 739
February 2000 Cover Skin and Other Stories Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Collection 95
July 2000 Cover Skin and Other Stories Viking Collection 95
September 2001 Cover Skin and Other Stories Puffin Collection 95
October 2006 Cover Collected Stories Alfred A. Knopf Collection 823