Football for Celebs

Talking of Alan Coren (see below), he once came up with a title for a book of his essays by asking a publisher what was making the bestsellers' list. When told it was books about golf, cats and the Nazis he named his new tome Golfing for Cats and illustrated it with a giant swastika on the cover. Looking at The Sunday Times' latest bestsellers' list it is clear that what grabs modern readers is showbiz biogs (Cliff Richards, Paul O'Grady etc.), football memoirs (Bobby Charlton, Jamie Carragher) and Andy McNab's account of his years in the SAS. Maybe today Coren would call his book Football for Celebs illustrated with an SAS "Who Dares Wins" badge.