Monday, Apr. 17, 2000

Name Theory

By Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Lina Lofaro, Desa Philadelphia, Hope Reeves, Elizabeth Rudulph, Alain Sanders and Josh Tyrangiel

TITLE-ATING Rather than being judged by their covers, some books published this spring deserve attention just for their titles. See if you can match the title with its subject:

a) A Fly for the Prosecution b) The Human Stain c) "A Hell of a Place to Lose a Cow" d) Scam Dogs and Mo-Mo Mamas e) Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging f) Never Nosh a Matzo Ball g) The Soup Has Many Eyes

1. Ruby, a rabbi's wife, solves a murder 2. A Brit traipses across America 3. How entomology can help in the courts 4. A teenager's wacky diary entries 5. Cooking-inspired family memoir 6. America, c. 1998. Quite a place 7. The amazing world of day trading

a-3, b-6, c-2, d-7, e-4, f-1, g-5