The Unexpected!

by Bennett Cerf (Editor), Mary Ellen Chase (Contributor), McKnight Malmar (Contributor)

Short Stories that take you by surprise. Twenty stories...twenty guesses...and you're hitting par if you can puzzle out the punch ending on one of them...Outguess the authors on three of these top-notch twisters, and you're an expert...figure out five, and you're disqualified...you're either a professional, or you ought to be one.

Genres: Anthologies

273 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1948

About the author

Bennett Alfred Cerf (May 25, 1898 – August 27, 1971) was an American writer, owner of The Modern Library publishing house, and co-founder of the American publishing firm Random House.

Cerf was also known for his compilations of jokes and stories, and for his regular appearances on the panel game show What's My Line?