Subtitles: One day we’ll run out of colons, and then where will we be?
July 9th, 2009
Sometimes a book’s subtitle just tries too hard:
Recently published [...]:
Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent
We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man’s Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionised Ocean Science
The Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me about Life, Death and Pretty Much Everything Else
