Identify this book cover i glanced at!

November 2, 2009 4:07 PM

Help me come close to identifying a book i only quickly glanced at a girl reading on the train!

I hazily and quickly glanced at a girl reading a book on the NYC subway. It was a heavily dog-eared paperback with several post-it notes scattered throughout it like it may have been studied for a class. I told myself to make a note of the author because it was strange and short. something like "Mr. Ot" "Dr. Ug" "Mr. X" "Dr. Z" "Ogg" SOMETHING like that (NOT Dr. Oz.. though) The cover had a sort of pastel-colored collagy D.I.Y. look to it. Of course i forgot the name completely and its just driving me crazy. Any ideas? I know its a long shot to guess a book by its cover.

posted by c to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

Og Mandino? author
posted by mearls at 4:38 PM on November 2, 2009

The End of Mr. Y?
posted by Paragon at 5:44 PM on November 2, 2009

J.B.?
posted by Acacia at 5:56 PM on November 2, 2009

Dr. No?
posted by Sys Rq at 6:24 PM on November 2, 2009

I'm going to guess Amos Oz as the author. He'd have enough cachet to be read in a class.

For the cover, based on your description, Where the Jackals Howl?
posted by dlugoczaj at 8:02 PM on November 2, 2009

Is it the author's name that is short and strange? Or the book's title?

Amos Oz is a good guess. How about Kobo Abe?
posted by painquale at 8:36 PM on November 2, 2009

I know, I know! It was The Secret World of OG, by Pierre Burton!!!
This was my FAVOURITE book as a kid! Highly recommend.
posted by twistofrhyme at 10:25 PM on November 2, 2009

The one author I can think of with a distinctive short name that hasn't been mentioned is Korean author Ko Un (most famous as a poet but has written other things as well).
posted by Kattullus at 9:11 AM on November 3, 2009

Maybe "Intern" by Dr X. The first two hits on GIS don't match up with my memory of the late-70s-style copy I had in college.
posted by knile at 9:23 AM on November 3, 2009