The Saddest Book Title in the World
January 15, 2008 8:23 pm
Today in the bookshop I came upon the saddest title of any book I have ever seen. It was a title so poetic, so beyond melancholy and yet so genius in its creation, that when my eyes first laid themselves upon it, I was quite taken aback. I was then taken into a dream world where I imagined the tragic story behind the title.
But there was no tragic story in printed form behind the title. Why? Because the book I had discovered was no more than a cheap, simple, small, paperback cookbook. And the title? ‘Microwave Cooking For One’.
That is very poignant Phil… I remember feeling very self conscious when buying those half sized tins of baked beans which I used to think translated as “i’m single, i live alone and all i can make is beans on toast…” – so where can i get that bok anyway??
Duncan - January 19, 2008 at 10:30 pm