In Competition 2815 you were invited to contribute to the booming genre of self-help by proposing a new title guaranteed to storm the bestseller lists and providing a blurb for it.
There was lots of good stuff, though some promising ideas failed to deliver in the execution. I was intrigued by Josh Ekroy’s invitation to get in touch with my inner duct tape, and Bill Greenwell’s The Etiquette of Misery: How to Turn Grieving into Gold would surely put a spring in the step of the ranks of Melancholics Anonymous.
Commendations go to Brian Murdoch and Mike Morrison. The prizewinners, printed below, earn £30 each. This week’s king of the hill is Rob Stuart, who pockets £35.
Psychopaths of Glory — Unlocking the Bastard Within
Do you dream of a career in politics or big business but worry you lack ‘the right stuff’? Do you find yourself unwilling to lie, cheat and screw other people over in the single-minded pursuit of your own selfish goals? Then you’re probably one of the unfortunate 99 per cent of the population afflicted with a conscience.
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