The mystery is solved and you can read the wry introduction to the 41st year of the prize over on the Bookseller website and the mention of last year's winner- kettles and water were involved...
This year's shortlist:
- How to Drink Without Drinking by Fiona Beckett.
- The Dirt Hole and its Variations by Charles L Dobbins.
- Viking Encounters: Proceedings of the 18th Viking Congress by Anne Pedersen and Søren M Sindbæk.
- Ending the War on Artisan Cheese by Catherine W Donnelly.
- Noah Gets Naked: Bible Stories They Didn't Teach You at Sunday School by Xanna Eve Chown.
- Hitler's Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich by Eric Kurlander.
You can vote via the link at the bottom of the page on the Bookseller website (link above) and there's time to consider the options before the 22nd November deadline.
This is going to be a tough choice. But I think many of them aren't so odd when you read the other text on the cover- you can find most of them on Amazon.
I suspect the Noah one will get lots of votes, it's definitely odd... so odd I voted for it.
It's a fun annual prize and the winner gets a bottle of Claret...
This is going to be a tough choice. But I think many of them aren't so odd when you read the other text on the cover- you can find most of them on Amazon.
I suspect the Noah one will get lots of votes, it's definitely odd... so odd I voted for it.
It's a fun annual prize and the winner gets a bottle of Claret...
It's red wine from Bordeaux... |
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4 comments:
Not so much odd as simply descriptive on the whole, Carol. Not as varied a choice as in the past.
Ann
Ann- no there's not been as varied a choice as in previous years, but it appears the judges are taking a few steps back this year to the aims of earlier times.
Perhaps book titles have become serious, reflecting the current world situation.
It's the cheese one for me!
Julia- I think the Cheese one is a strong contender for this year's prize. :-)
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