Batty Books

Batty Books was the term used on British ice-lolly stick jokes in The Seventies to refer to the kind of joke where an alleged book and its author give a Punny Name and/or a Double Entendre.

These are sometimes quoted by characters in various media, but usually only exist in children's jokes. It is confidently predicted that the list of examples remembered by tropers from their primary school days will grow and grow.

Examples:


 * Beneath the Bleachers by Seymore Butts
 * The Long Fall by Eileen Dover
 * The Valentine's Day Massacre by Tom E Gunn
 * Swimming the Channel by Frances Near
 * Into the Jaws of Death by Hugo First
 * The Golden Stream by I P Freely
 * The Golden Cascade by I P Standing
 * Get Rich Quick By Robin Banks
 * The Narrow Escape by Justin Thyme