A Question for the Literary Experts here

[Charley]

Did any of you write any of the nominated books named in this article?

Honoring Oddball Book Titles
From Green Nazis To Shopping Carts
March 14, 2007
By JESSE LEAVENWORTH, Courant Staff Writer

Book publishers serve many micro-interests.

Consider the top vote-getter so far in an international contest for the oddest book title of the year: "The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification."

"A must-have," according to a description on www.amazon.com, "for anyone with a passion for shopping carts and a love of the great outdoors."

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Martial arts have been extremely popular throughout the world, but previous winners of the odd title contest show a tendency to target small audiences. Past winners, for example, include: "Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice", "Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers", "The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories" and "Living With Crazy Buttocks."

 

[matadorpoeta]

Originally Posted by Charley

Consider the top vote-getter so far in an international contest for the oddest book title of the year: "The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification."

okay, i laughed too much at this.

 

[JetBlast]

I can see it now, people sitting in their cars with binoculars and notebooks at the shopping center, watching the shopping carts.

This will prove to be very amusing.

JB