Do you know this book?

[HeyWayne]

Following on from the Favourite Authors thread, I was thinking about books to take away on holiday and it got me thinking about a book I read once, but I can't remember the author, or the name of the book.

All I can remember is that it was a slightly satirical book, with a black cover and a sort of swastika on the front. I'm pretty sure it had something to do with spelling or advertising as part of the story line.

Any ideas?

[Novice Gardener]

ooooooo, hang on, I think I've got that one

*runs upstairs*

be back in a min

[HeyWayne]

*waits excitedly*

[Novice Gardener]

PMSL, just hunted high and low, crawled under bed & found the book with the Swastika on it and its......... the wrong one!!!! I got the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer!!! LOL

Sorry

[HeyWayne]

Awww maaaaan!

Thanks for looking, lol.

I'm sure it was a one-word title, and it might have begun with "s"....

[HeyWayne]

Title's written in red

[Pootle]

You're not thinking of 'Fatherland' by Robert Harris are you?

Mystery set post WW2 where Germany didn't lose?

[HeyWayne]

You're not thinking of 'Fatherland' by Robert Harris are you?

Mystery set post WW2 where Germany didn't lose?

Nope. I'm sure the word was similar to Metropolis - but obviously not Metropolis.

Driving me mad now........

[Seahorse]

Oooh, stuff like this drives me mad too!

Off to go and look at all my books!

[Seahorse]

Swastika and title in red... any good?

Amazon.co.uk: Visibility: Boris Starling: Books

[HeyWayne]

Swastika and title in red... any good?

Amazon.co.uk: Visibility: Boris Starling: Books

Thanks Claire, not that one. I'm certain it's a kind of comedy....

[Seahorse]

Apparantly, putting a swastika on the cover of your book boosts sales by up to 30%. No wonder there are a lot of them!

Thought of it yet Wayne?

[HeyWayne]

Woohooo!!!

I didn't remember it, but remembered that someone else in the office had. Asked him, and he knew straight away.

Here it is: Amazon.co.uk: Books: Incompetence (Gollancz S.F.)

Ok, so it wasn't a swastika, but I was close.

[zazen999]

And it didn't begin with s!

i am still trying to locate a book that I read when I was about 13; about a girl with diabetes, she kept sampling her dog's wee; and pretty much hibernated in a cave, got really fat and the description of her preening herself when she decided to come out of the cave [whether this was metaphorical or real, I never worked out] was just too insipid to ever ask anyone.

I think her name was Felicity though...

[moggssue]

Ohh, I like Rob Grant! Got some of his Red Dwarf stuff - this one any good Wayne?? And where are you off to on your jollies, now you have a book to take?!