What a rip-off. I went into our local bookstore and saw this huge display with a sign saying «Newly translated from the original French: 37 mating positions.» Noticing that the books were already wrapped in plain brown paper, I just hadda buy one.
Once safely at home I opened it, out of sight of my wife, and found that I had just purchased an expensive book about Chess.
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