The Little Book of Wrinkles

B.J. Busch is associate librarian of academic and information services
at the University of Alberta.

Previous titles in the Little Red Book series include such choice gems
at The Little Blue Book of UFOs and The Little Grey Flannel Book:
Quotations on Men. One wonders whether the latest three are meant to be
a trilogy, and, if so, what slugs, wrinkles, and Kim Campbell might have
in common.

Essentially compilations of quotations separated by often witty
subheadings, these works are not your usual dull reference tomes. They
are amusing and highly entertaining, although the staying power of the
blonde book, which includes quotations both by and about Kim Campbell,
probably depends on what she does in the future. The wrinkles book is
timeless, and, given the two human options of aging or dying, there is
likely a steady market for aphorisms on growing old.

The market for slug quotations, however, is less obvious. Many of the
quotations deal with how to get rid of slugs (e.g., dump them in your
neighbor’s yard or drive them onto the road with a nine-iron). One
caution: don’t read this book while eating.