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The Rupa Book of Snappy Surprises is an anthology of extraordinary short stories compiled by master storyteller, Ruskin Bond. Summary of the Book The Rupa Book of Snappy Surprises is a collection of some of Ruskin Bond’s favorite 'super short' stories. The stories included in the book belong to different genres, ranging from witty and humorous to tragedy and thriller. The Rupa Book of Snappy Surprises has a wide variety of simple and exciting stories by some of the greatest short story writers of all times, like Ambrose Bierce, Milward Kennedy, Marc Connelly, Rudyard Kipling, H. H. Munro (Saki) and Ruskin Bond, among others. This book will make for an engaging and interesting read for people of all ages. About Ruskin Bond Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He has been writing novels, poems, essays and short stories for over forty years. He was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957, The Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993, and the Padma Shri in 1999. He was also honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Government of Delhi in 2012. His works include The Room on the Roof, Vagrants in the Valley, Scenes from a Writer's Life, A Flight of Pigeons, Landour Days – A Writer's Journal, The Sensualist, The Road to the Bazaar, and Panther's Moon, among others.