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Living with Crazy Buttocks

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Living with Crazy Buttocks
AuthorKaz Cooke
LanguageEnglish
SubjectContemporary culture
PublisherPenguin Books, Harmondsworth
Publication date
November 19, 2001
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages348
Awards2002 Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year
ISBN9780140297232
Dewey Decimal System classification
LC ClassLibrary of Congress Classification

Living with Crazy Buttocks is a book written by Australian author and cartoonist Kaz Cooke[1] and published by Penguin Books[2] on November 19, 2001.[3] It won the 2002 Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year.[4][5][6]

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Living with Crazy Buttocks is composed of humorous essays on contemporary culture,[7] with author Kaz Cooke exploring topics ranging from Barbie dolls, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, celebrities, firemen, archbishops, cosmetic surgery, Internet gurus, Ricky Martin's bottom, Barbara Cartland to Ben-Hur.

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  1. ^ "Oddest book title prize". The Guardian. August 30, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2012. As the Diagram prize launches the search for the oddest book title of the last 30 years, we gather together some of the strongest contenders from the award's glorious history
  2. ^ "15 Most Insanely Titled Books". Oddee. September 25, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  3. ^ "Living with Crazy Buttocks". Penguin Books South Africa. Archived from the original on April 21, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  4. ^ Burkardt, John (2007-06-01). "The Oddest Book Titles". John Burkardt. Archived from the original on 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  5. ^ "Distinctively odd". BBC. Retrieved October 3, 2012. Greek postmen, the history of marmalade and opportunities to widen the uses of straw: it seems there is no book too odd to get into print.
  6. ^ Worldcat
  7. ^ "Australian Humour > Living with Crazy Buttocks". Bookworm. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2009.