Comments on: Famous and Possessive: A Core List

By: Keir Graff

Keir Graff — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:39:36 +0000

A new one, just in: Proust’s Overcoat.

By: David Wright

David Wright — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:06:21 +0000

…oh, and then – and I actually think there might be a shelf of them – ‘The (adjective) ___ist’s (adjective+) (noun).’ In fact, who needs the books; let’s just do titles:

The Spanish Chartist’s Secret Daughter.
The Ninth Decembrist’s Special Device.
The Yiddish Arborist’s Final Maneuver.
The Naughty Marxist’s Christmas Surprise.
The Oleaginous Philatelist’s Ninety-Second Stamp.
The Boorish Columnist’s Latest Outrage.

By: David Wright

David Wright — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:44:55 +0000

Wonderful! (D’Arconville’s Cat is one of my favorite books that a.) nobody’s read and b.) you need to have a dictionary handy for.)

For your next trick, if you haven’t already done this, how about a list of ‘The ____ist’ titles? And then a list of ‘The ___ist’s (adjective) (noun).”

By: maggie

maggie — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:19:01 +0000

We started calling our book club the Possessives after a string of My Sister’s Keeper, Memory Keeper’s Daughter, & Angela’s Ashes.