BOOK TITLES

Since I have been offline for a while, time for a rant.

One of the things that really irritates me is the fact that so many non-fiction books have both long titles and a dual title separated by a colon. Two examples from the issue of the Economist that I am currently reading.

1. America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deal, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System.

2. Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression, the Great Recession and the Uses - and Misuses - of History.

Now, don't you find that irritating?

Walter Blotscher