February 20, 2009
“a year that judges have declared outstandingly strange”
Announced this morning, the titles in contention include Curbside Consultation of the Colon, a handy guide for doctors, and the compulsively-readable sounding 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais.
Also in the running are the acclaimed Baboon Metaphysics, the product of years of close observation by its authors, the analytical The Large Sieve and its Applications, and Strip and Knit with Style. . . .
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The final contender is Techniques for Corrosion Monitoring, from Woodhead Publishing, an imprint with a consistently strong Diagram showing which last year controversially lost out with the classic Cheese Problems Solved to the eventual winner If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs.
The Guardian reports on Bookseller magazine’s annual Diagram prize for oddest title.
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Curbside Consultation of the Colon kicks ass.