Still, much of his prolific output is represented, and a career that can seem almost too well known ends up delivering surprises.
The Brits isn't in the business of delivering surprises: it exists to reward commercial success, which means it isn't going to tell you anything you don't already know if you've been keeping an eye on the charts.
It's a field that keeps delivering surprises, Marra says, as tags reveal migrating birds making unexpected stops, remarkably fast flights, and taking astonishing detours.
Some folks might be psyched to have a secret Santa out there, delivering surprises to them out of nowhere.
Even before the engine roars to life, the 12C delivers surprises.
LONDON — Two leading European banks delivered surprises to investors on Monday.
To reveal much more would be to spoil the play's artfully delivered surprises.
Inspired by the old mix tapes of Butthole Surfer Gibby Haynes (who produced this album), Dando delivers surprises: a great electro duet with Kate Moss on Arling & Cameron's Dirty Robot, and Layin' Up With Linda, a bleakly funny murder ballad from the punk performance artist GG Allin, usually remembered for smearing himself with excrement.
In the true style of the Berlinale, a festival that likes to deliver surprises and has a political edge rarely seen elsewhere, the jury, which was led by the German director Werner Herzog and included the actor Renée Zellweger, awarded the top Golden Bear prize, for best film, to an outsider.
