...a very good sneaky bamboozlement!
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A Lush Snaky Trick, the original title of
How To Save The World: An Alien Comedy. |
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Most people won’t be aware of this, but the original title of
‘How To Save The World: An Alien Comedy’ was penciled in as ‘A Lush Snaky Trick.’ In fact it was more than just penciled in. It was pretty much inked in at one stage. It was quite a major decision when I decided to change the title to How To Save The World, but ultimately I realised that a book title should give its readers a clear hint about the story, and due to its use of local dialogue the original title of ‘A Lush Snaky Trick’ didn’t really succeed in that aim.
However, despite the change of title, the theme of playing ‘lush snaky tricks’ is one which runs through the book, so I’ve therefore decided to write a brief explanation of what exactly a lush snaky trick is. To put it simply, a lush snaky trick is basically just a Geordie term to describe a comedy gag which involves good-natured trickery and deception. A friend of mine on facebook described it once as ‘a very good sneaky bamboozlement’ and that’s a good way to describe it because in its most basic form that’s what it is.