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This one's about a literary \u003Ci\u003Eanti\u003C\/i\u003E-award.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-4FCnJ0u723I\/Txr9RahNg8I\/AAAAAAAAAeU\/__YZH5S9Wgo\/s200\/Overcoat.Gogol.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E1890s \u003Ci\u003EThe Overcoat\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;(Lizok's Bookshelf)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EMy love for Russian literature has led me to some strange and suggestive territories, none of them involving a geographical presence in Russia, note. I was conveyed to the latest of these outposts by reading \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lizoksbooks.blogspot.co.nz\/2008\/03\/news-notes-zeek-and-russian-jewish.html\"\u003ELizok's Bookshelf\u003C\/a\u003E, a blog by Lisa Hayden Espenschade, a writer, translator, and Russian teacher who \"loves reading Russian fiction, particularly novels\", and as seems more true with Russian literature lovers than any other type of literature lover, I therefore instantly knew her to be a true comrade and worth frequenting. Which I did, and this is what I learned.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EApparently, there's an award in Russia called the Абзац (Absats) Literary Anti-award, which is awarded yearly to four books: one for 'Worst proofreading,' one for 'Worst translation', one for 'Worst editing' and one for \"Complete violation of all norms of publishing'.  Unlike many of Britain's coveted prizes, eg Baileys, Man Booker, and the recently noted here Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse, Absats is not the name of a sponsor, but a Russian word meaning \"indentation\" or \"paragraph\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Indentation anti-award?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs so often happens in the Russian sphere, things were denser and more turbid than they seemed at first sight. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"When I looked for good ways to translate абзац for you [writes Lisa], I found some typical slang definitions that fit nicely with what I heard so often, basically “the end of something,” something peculiar, or a sort of intensifier that expresses emotion. This pretty much sums up my coworker’s uses of the word. Russian Internet searches turned up other alleged slang uses of абзац: to denote three puffs\/tokes or some sort of 220 millimeter missile.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere you have it. Of course I had to see what books had been deemed Three Toke books (is this like our 'three on a match'?) but, shock! a check of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/zapaday.com\/\"\u003Ezapaday\u003C\/a\u003E revealed that this year's award had been cancelled! So we'll have to wait until next year to see if Absats comes up with a book to top the 2008 winner cited by Lizok's Bookshelf, a book called \u003Ci\u003EHow to Seduce Any Man\u003C\/i\u003E, which had been plagiarised from the book \u003Ci\u003EHow to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.aspx?isbn=9781400041626\/mc.gif\u0026amp;upc=\u0026amp;oclc=\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"syndetics-lc\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.aspx?isbn=9781400041626\/mc.gif\u0026amp;upc=\u0026amp;oclc=\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"200\" width=\"135\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIn the meantime, I've got what I adjudicate a Four Toke Fail. It's in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2638706\"\u003EHemingway's boat: everything he loved in life, and lost, 1934-1961\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003Eby Paul Hendrickson,\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ea very good book lent to me by my friend the fine poet and erstwhile tall-ship sailor Bob Orr. It's Knopf who would have picked up the statuette for this one.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's the 1930s and Hemingway's staying in Bimini on his beloved boat, the \u003Ci\u003EPilar.\u003C\/i\u003E He's recently had his favoured safari partner Bror Blixen, famed for his big-game hunting skills and his philandering, also Isak Dinesen's ex-husband, and Blixen's third wife Eva to stay. Eva is Swedish, an ex-race car driver, flirtatious, always skimpily dressed (for the era), and had been assigned sleeping quarters adjacent to Papa's, although the general impression is that the two had shared his.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BN4M1DLLGTc\/U3P_0mvU6DI\/AAAAAAAAAYs\/svSNW1UUmco\/s1600\/On+the+Pilar.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-BN4M1DLLGTc\/U3P_0mvU6DI\/AAAAAAAAAYs\/svSNW1UUmco\/s1600\/On+the+Pilar.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;helvetica\u0026quot; , sans-serif; line-height: 18px;\"\u003EOn Bimini dock\u003Ci\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003EL to R: Unidentified man, Eva Blixen, Pauline Pfeiffer (Mrs. Hemingway), Hemingway, Bror Blixen. Ernest Hemingway Collection. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd here it comes, page 250:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter the visit, the couple had moved on to New York, from which the Baroness Blixen wrote Hem a letter, \"on the engraved hotel stationery of the Waldorf-Astoria. ...Eva was leaving for Sweden - whether with Blix or without him wasn't clear from the letter - but she planned to return to Africa at summer's end. 'Do come clown in the autumn,\"she said.' \"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Do come clown in the autumn\"? Do you mean to tell me not a single person looked at that and thought \"Come clown? Gosh, that's an odd thing to write to a tough guy like Ernest Hemingway. Could this be a mistaken reading of the careless handwriting of a woman swigging her sixth or seventh gin of the day? Maybe, hmm, it was a loopy 'd' and not a 'cl'?\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOr, as Knopf would have it, \"her sixth or seventh gin of the\u003Ci\u003E clay!\"\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/c\/ce\/HemingwayhuntingAfrica.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/c\/ce\/HemingwayhuntingAfrica.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EHemingway clowning in Africa?\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6074191609873471261\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/nominating-hemingways-boat-for-three_14.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/6074191609873471261"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/6074191609873471261"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/nominating-hemingways-boat-for-three_14.html","title":"Nominating \"Hemingway's Boat\" for the Three Tokes Award"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-4FCnJ0u723I\/Txr9RahNg8I\/AAAAAAAAAeU\/__YZH5S9Wgo\/s72-c\/Overcoat.Gogol.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501884760724421053.post-4696531975973538788"},"published":{"$t":"2014-05-09T10:00:00.000+12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-05-15T03:19:10.109+12:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Karen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"literary awards"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A literary award called the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize? Seriously?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.aspx?isbn=9781585673926\/mc.gif\u0026amp;upc=\u0026amp;oclc=\u0026amp;client=elgar\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.aspx?isbn=9781585673926\/mc.gif\u0026amp;upc=\u0026amp;oclc=\u0026amp;client=elgar\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EYes. And comically, too. The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize is a literary award for the best comic fiction of the year, sponsored by-- you guessed it -- the Champagne house Bollinger, suitably sparkling, and Everyman's Library, which has been busy for some time publishing handsome new editions of all of P.G. Wodehouse's novels and stories. You may have seen their characteristic covers by Andrzej Klimowski winking at you from the recommended shelf at your library.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize winner receives large amounts of Bollinger champagne (this year a jeroboam of Bollinger Special Cuvée and a case of Bollinger La Grande Année), and a set of the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.everymanslibrary.co.uk\/wodehouse.aspx\"\u003EEveryman Wodehouse\u003C\/a\u003E collection, over 90 books so far.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn addition and best of all, in \"true Wodehousian style\", as the Everyman's Library website puts it, each year the winner is also presented with a \"local pig\" of the Gloucestershire Old Spot variety, which has been given the name of the winning novel. Presumably these are different pigs, and not just the original Old Spot rebaptised.\u003Cbr \/\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-PHMu7Qq7EF8\/U2uaS2cn-WI\/AAAAAAAAAYg\/ZO2VWdk9vPA\/s1600\/Uncle+Fred+cover.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-PHMu7Qq7EF8\/U2uaS2cn-WI\/AAAAAAAAAYg\/ZO2VWdk9vPA\/s1600\/Uncle+Fred+cover.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"175\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EIn this context, I was pleased to learn that the winning book in 2012 was Terry Pratchett's \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/this%20rehttp:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2602148\"\u003ESnuff\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eand that in 2001 Jonathan Coe won with \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b1023411\"\u003EThe rotters' club\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis year's shortlist, announced Wednesday, while not perhaps such a rich mine for pigs' names, has the distinction of including Sebastian Faulks's sequel-homage to PG Wodehouse,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2778373\"\u003EJeeves and the Wedding Bells\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, which \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2013\/nov\/06\/jeeves-wedding-bells-sebastian-faulks-\"\u003EThe Guardian\u003C\/a\u003E praised as a \"gentle, funny, knowing act of tribute\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe other shortlisted titles are: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2773954\"\u003EMad About the Boy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, Helen Fielding's third novel about Bridget Jones,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2819453\"\u003EThe Last Word\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/i\u003Eby Hanif Kureishi, which I haven't read, but if it's anything like his satire of London popular culture in the sixties and seventies,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b1123595\"\u003EThe Buddha of Suburbia\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003Ewhich I have read, it would get my vote,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2779909\"\u003EStraight White Male\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/i\u003Eby John Niven, a \"no-holds-barred look into the mid-life crisis and the contemporary male sexual psyche\" says the library catalogue, topics I think no one can dispute are great favourites among today's satirisers, particularly, perhaps, those who were taught at their creative writing classes to \"Write what you know\" (a line I wish I'd come up with, and unfortunately can't remember who did),\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2838902\"\u003EThe Thrill of it All\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;by the Irish novelist Joseph O’Connor, described on his\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.josephoconnorauthor.com\/novel-the-thrill-of-it-all.html\"\u003Ewebsite \u003C\/a\u003Eas \"a warm-hearted, funny and deeply moving novel for anyone that’s ever loved a song\",\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2857737\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ELost For Words\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E by \u003C\/i\u003EEdward St Aubyn, according to its publisher a \"hilariously smart send-up of a certain major British literary award\", presumably not the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, though it would be wonderful if it were.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhether the pig will be a straight white male, lost for words, or something else, will become known on 19th May.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the meantime, Wodehouse fans can amuse themselves with this very interesting and well-illustrated commentary on P.G. Wodehouse covers old and new, from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/causticcovercritic.blogspot.co.nz\/2008\/08\/wodehouse-old-new.html\"\u003ECaustic Cover Critic\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4696531975973538788\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/a-literary-award-called-bollinger.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/4696531975973538788"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/4696531975973538788"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/a-literary-award-called-bollinger.html","title":"A literary award called the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize? Seriously?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-PHMu7Qq7EF8\/U2uaS2cn-WI\/AAAAAAAAAYg\/ZO2VWdk9vPA\/s72-c\/Uncle+Fred+cover.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501884760724421053.post-2839127233303329187"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-01T18:00:00.000+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-02-12T13:19:48.410+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Diagram Prize"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Karen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"literary awards"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Diagram Prize: hunting the oddest book title"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-XxcCxW_njP4%2FUzk_-9uMVwI%2FAAAAAAAAATs%2Fo9Eio11oRPc%2Fs1600%2FDiagram%2BPrize.jpg\u0026amp;container=blogger\u0026amp;gadget=a\u0026amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-XxcCxW_njP4%2FUzk_-9uMVwI%2FAAAAAAAAATs%2Fo9Eio11oRPc%2Fs1600%2FDiagram%2BPrize.jpg\u0026amp;container=blogger\u0026amp;gadget=a\u0026amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EEvery year at this time, in a little island kingdom far to the North, as the crocuses start poking through the snow, Horace Bent of The Bookseller announces his shortlist for the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title and opens the voting, regaling the literary scene with a bright and eagerly anticipated annual recurrence of its own. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EAnd yet, and yet. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor many years, Mr. Bent could do no wrong in my eyes. How could he, the man who brought to our attention \u003Ci\u003EProceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice\u003C\/i\u003E, the first-ever Diagram Prize winner (35 years ago, when the prize  originated as a way of staving off boredom at the Frankfurt Book Fair), and went on to select such gems as \u003Ci\u003EHighlights in the History of Concrete, How to Avoid Huge Ships,\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E Reusing Old Graves, Bondage for Beginners \u003C\/i\u003Eand my favourite, \u003Ci\u003EGreek Postmen and their cancellation numbers\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI loved the way Mr Bent disdained the odd title for odd title's sake, or  as he saw it, just for the sake of winning his \"prestigious award\", or  even, perhaps, although this doesn't seem to be part of Mr. Bent's  mindset (curious perhaps for one employed by the UK's definitive book  industry publication), or maybe he's too polite to mention it, to sell  more books. And then last year, an about-face as \u003Ci\u003ECooking with Poo\u003C\/i\u003E took the prize. So attention-grabbing, so \u003Ci\u003Eobvious\u003C\/i\u003E, compared to the multinuanced, admirably earnest \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ci\u003EDesigning High Performance Stiffened Structures\u003C\/i\u003E \u003C\/i\u003Efrom the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.\u003Ci\u003E \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOver the last few years I've watched the deliberately odd title  proliferate ever more among each succeeding year's offerings, to the  point that this year they make up 2\/3 of the offering. And let's face it, even the  earnestly odd titles, all two of them, are not show-stoppers. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere is the shortlist:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=%7Clibrary\/marc\/supercity-iii%7Cb2720966\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-TpvAucJheoc\/UT3F3VsC3eI\/AAAAAAAAAHs\/BWJsofurj6c\/s1600\/God%27s+doodle.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-TpvAucJheoc\/UT3F3VsC3eI\/AAAAAAAAAHs\/BWJsofurj6c\/s1600\/God's+doodle.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2720966\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWas Hitler Ill\u003C\/i\u003E?\u003C\/a\u003E by Henrik Eberle and Hans-Joachim Neumann (Polity) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ELofts of North America: Pigeon Lofts \u003C\/i\u003Eby Jerry Gagne (Foy’s Pet Supplies) \u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2696502\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EHow to Sharpen Pencils\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E by David Rees (Melville House) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=%7Clibrary\/marc\/supercity-iii%7Cb2727784\"\u003EGod’s Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/i\u003Eby Tom Hickman (Square Peg)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=%7Clibrary\/marc\/supercity-iii%7Cb2750488\"\u003EGoblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E by Reginald Bakeley (Conari) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=%7Clibrary\/marc\/supercity-iii%7Cb2664314\"\u003EHow Tea Cosies Changed the World\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E by Loani Prior (Murdoch).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWas Hitler Ill? \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003EI'm not sure I'd call this title odd at all, except for how, depending on your font of choice, it can look as if it's about Hitler's grandson, Hitler III. I know about this because it used to always happen to me with North Korean dictators, eg Kim Jong Ill. Oops, Il.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EActually, with many dictators, although not with Hitler, there comes a moment when people start asking not if they are ill, but if they are actually dead, and just stuffed and propped up in the reviewing box for picture-taking on important occasions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe library catalogue gives the original German title, which is a fascinating case of a phrase almost making sense in two different languages:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWar Hitler Crank?\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI think we can answer a resounding yes to that. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELofts of North America: Pigeon lofts\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/i\u003EThere is a Yiddish expression for what I want to say here, but I don't  know how to write it. There's also an Italian hand gesture, the one  where you put out your hand palm down and wiggle it as if you were  playing the piano. But I actually voted for this one, just to remind Mr  Bent that there are some purists still around. (I note that the North  American pigeons have not arrived in the Southern hemisphere yet so no  book about their lofts at Auckland Libraries. When I see a flock of  pigeons in spanking new trainers, ankle socks, and tucked-in t-shirts I'll yell out.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-JOLWMF8rKfo\/UT3PDDMKeeI\/AAAAAAAAAH8\/XwYAIA3BviI\/s1600\/how+to+sharpen+pencils.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-JOLWMF8rKfo\/UT3PDDMKeeI\/AAAAAAAAAH8\/XwYAIA3BviI\/s1600\/how+to+sharpen+pencils.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EHow to Sharpen Pencils\u003C\/i\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003ESimilar to the above.\u0026nbsp;The author is an ex-political cartoonist who had himself photographed  in a white shirt a la Anthony Bourdain, but lacking his Hell's  Kitchen carnality. On the other hand, let's not forget we're talking comics here.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGod’s Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis.\u003C\/b\u003E \u003C\/i\u003EMaybe we could make one good title out of two: \u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWas Hitler's penis ill?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EGoblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003C\/b\u003E \u003C\/i\u003EMr Bent, leave chickens alone. You will never surpass \u003Ci\u003EThe joy of chickens \u003C\/i\u003Ewhich you gave us a few years back. \u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow Tea Cosies Changed the World.\u003C\/b\u003E \u003C\/i\u003EMy case rests. Blatantly cashing in on the current trendiness of tea cosies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EObviously I need to find out how to nominate titles. I think this one is a good candidate, for example:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003ECanine Body Language: A Photographic Guide: Interpreting the Native Language of the Domestic Dog\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E by Brenda Aloff\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI don't say dogs don't have a language - of a type - but don't you have to speak to have a \u003Ci\u003ENative \u003C\/i\u003ELanguage? Plus, you've got to love the way the colons turn the title into a series of yips. Yip yip yip: yip yip yip: yip yip yip yip yip.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd how about\u003Ci\u003E \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe Little Book of Slugs, \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003Eed. by Allan Shepherd and Suzanne Gallant?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe description of this book contains further gems, such as that you'll find details of \"slug lifestyles\". I'm guessing the couch potato slug, the gym bunny slug...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMathematics forums, conferences, catalogues etc. offer a fertile hunting ground as well. Right off my first click I found an excellent \u003Ci\u003EDegenerate Diffusions, \u003C\/i\u003Ewhich included a discussion of the controlled martingale problem, and of which I can't remember the author's name, unlike the next one I came across, a case of a normal title (\u003Ci\u003EMathematics for the millions) \u003C\/i\u003Eboasting an excellent odd author name, Lancelot Hogben.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd then, lo, my best find yet! Title and author \u003Ci\u003Eboth \u003C\/i\u003Eodd:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EMathematical Cranks \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eby Underwood Dudley\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI see myself meeting this author one day on some North American --not loft, let's say a university campus, in a faculty lounge smelling of  percolated coffee. I spy him dabbing at his nose with a crumpled tissue and I call out \"\u003Ci\u003EWar crank, \u003C\/i\u003EDudley?\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERead more about the Diagram Prize at \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thebookseller.com\/news\/six-picked-oddest-book-title-shortlist.html\"\u003EThe Bookseller\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd do this: \u003Cb\u003Evote \u003C\/b\u003Efor your favourite title at \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.welovethisbook.com\/diagram-prize-2013?enter_competition=2\"\u003EWe Love This Book\u003C\/a\u003E. Winner announced 22 March. 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