Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Book Titles That Never Made It
Salman Rushdie was at the 92nd Street Y in New York two years ago to read from Shalimar the Clown. Before he began, he revealed a merry game he sometimes plays: thinking of book titles that never made it. Among them were Toby Dick, A Farewell to Weapons, The Big Gatsby, For Whom the Bell Rings, Mr. Zhivago, Hitch-22, The Goulash Archipelago, and Light in July. Can you think of any others? (Yes, this is a ruse to determine if anyone is still reading.)
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1981
love in the time of syphilis
"Dante's Leisurely Exodus from Florentine"
"A Male Chauvinist Critique"
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"I don't know should I be blogging so late?..."
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"The Lesser Musings of Alexander the Humble"
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"My Struggle-with Antisemitism"
Jump on Pop
Portnoy's sexual deviancy
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