Friday, March 12, 2010

Judge a book by its cover title

So, the shortlist has been announced for the Bookseller's 2009 Diagram Prize, which commemorates the weirdest title of the year. From an unprecedentedly long nomination list of 90 they've been whittled down to just six.

My money would probably be on Collectible Spoons Of The Third Reich were it not for the fact that How Green Were The Nazis? was among the titles shortlisted in recent years. (What exactly makes a spoon from the Third Reich collectible? Their overt racist tendencies? Their belief in their innate superiority over forks, knives and other spoons?)

I wonder how scooping the prize affected sales of last year's winner, The 2009–2014 World Outlook For 60mg Containers Of Fromage Frais.

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