Books: Weirdest travel titles
THE SILLY SEASON ( the period between the end of the Wimbledon and the Notting Hill Carnival) is pure ambergris for savvy publicists as most newspapers are run on skeleton staffs and are as desperate as a fading pop star to catch the reader’s attention. Hence the extraordinary currency for the story we noted a couple of days back about dumped books in hotel bathrooms. Can’t quite see it going head to head with a normal day’s events in the autumn. Now, another offering hits the screens: this time it is a survey by Abebooks to find the most bizarre travel book listed on its huge site.
This is a far more close run thing, with my personal favourite being "Up Shit Creek"—anecdotes about people caught short in the wilderness. Though I must say I was tempted to vote instead for "Other People’s Business", which is a definitive guide to the 87 company and industrial tours in and around Ohio.
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