The Word Cloud

James Bond for the very young. In this fascinating, but not very PC collaboration by Enid Blyton and Ian Fleming, the suave British secret agent, Noddy Bond, wearing shorts and a hat with a bell on it, drives his Aston Noddy car to San Moritz to save the world from the evil Big Ears. Needless to say, after an action-packed tea party and a bun-fight almost to the death, James and Big Ears end up in bed together on the roof of a skyscraper built from lego bricks, while a helicopter hovers overhead.

(With a nod to our host...)

A darkly gothic, macarbe tale of a boy struggling to escape his past of poverty and neglet; a mysterious stranger with an terrible yet wonderful offer - five children thrown together, each seeking the prize. Death and black humor lurk round every corner as, with gleeful delight, our narrator devises murder, each more exquisetly plotted than the next, as the book thunders to it's haunting conclusion.

Charlie and the Wasp Factory

Yay - done it!

Thanks to everyone who posted an entry; so many good ones to choose from!

But now as we lurch into August, the canapés are prepared, the Cava's disguised as Champagne, and the moment you've all been waiting for (all 2 of you) has arrived.

The nominees for best Blurb Mash-up 2011, are:

Trafalgar, for her loss of innocence story about growing up amidst a world of tiny, blue, anarchic gardeners, The Wee Free Garden;

Johnonceupon, for his highly imaginative vision of social integration, William and the Orange;

TenacityFlux, with her delightfully sycophantic and sweet-toothed tale of death and mayhem, Charlie and the Wasp Factory;

and Miss Muffet, for her sensitive portrayal of a pure woman and her descent into the world of decaying pig carcasses, Tess of the Flies.

And the Winner is… for pure silliness and the most bizarre bringing together of two ends of the literary spectrum, Johnonceupon, for William and the Orange!

Indeed yes, and a worthy winner - hand me in stitches! And I wasn't being a suck up, the idea just suddenly came to me, it was only when I came to write it down that I remembered your entry, honestly!

I got as far as 'how much land does a man need,' (Tolstoy) but I couldn't think past that...

Just as well.

Congrats, John - get yourself into gear and set a new (easy) comp...

Congrats JohnOnceupon!

Can't believe 'Tess of the Flies' got a mention over 'Captain Corelli's Dragon Tattoo' though

Thanks, folks