SuperMinion asked:
I just read ‘Of Mice And Men’ by Steinbeck, expecting cynically that there would not be a single mouse in the book. I had no hope of rats, weasels, or even a chinchilla. To my delight there were rodents enough for anyone, but the fact that I wasn’t expecting it did shine a spotlight on a pervasive problem.
I just read ‘Of Mice And Men’ by Steinbeck, expecting cynically that there would not be a single mouse in the book. I had no hope of rats, weasels, or even a chinchilla. To my delight there were rodents enough for anyone, but the fact that I wasn’t expecting it did shine a spotlight on a pervasive problem.
How often are titles deliberately abstract? What happened to Agatha Christie-style simplicity, where ‘The Mysterious Affair At Styles’ indicated a mystery novel set in Styles manor, Essex?
If you think about it: ‘Naked Lunch’. In the immortal words of Nelson Muntz from ‘The Simpsons’, I can think of two things wrong with that title.
Can you remember any book that was not what you were expecting from the title?
Tyler