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Bizarre Books (Odd Subjects; Titles; etc.)

This year's winner.

Danger Sound Klaxon! wins oddest book title award
Matthew Jordan’s horn history beat Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze and ‘I Fart in your General Direction!’ Flatulence in Popular Culture

Danger Sound Klaxon! The Horn That Changed History by Matthew F Jordan has won the Diagram prize for oddest book title of the year.
Jordan’s book charts the history of the klaxon automobile horn. It won a public vote against five shortlisted titles including Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating and Hooking Up Without the Booze and Backvalley Ferrets: A Rewilding of the Colorado Plateau.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/08/danger-sound-klaxon-wins-oddest-book-title-award
 
De Alfonce Tennis: The Superlative Game of Eccentric Champions: it's History, Accoutrements, Rules, Conduct and Regimen by J.P Donleavy.

This Donleavy romp pretty much defies description. It presents itself as a study of an elaborate game derived from tennis which Donleavy would have us believe is played by some sectrions of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy - complete with instructions on how to play it and with many illustrations by the author.

I was a huge Donleavy fan in my twenties and must have read most of his novels but this - this whatever it is - defeated me.

Is there a jaded, slightly effete old Fortean with some sporting interests in your life? This is your Christmas present sorted out!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11155508-de-alfonce-tennis
 
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