The Big Sleep -- deck chair?

[John McFetridge]

Is this just weird?

http://www.artmeetsmatter.com/proddetail.php?prod=PDECK03

[D.R. MacMaster]

I have nothing against a publishing company doing what it takes to widen the profit margin, I just hope that the author's whose book covers, and names they're using to sell such merchandise, get at least a royalty.

Although I would have used the "Big Sleep" cover design for a hammock. Seems more fitting to me. ;)

[John McFetridge]

I used your Big Sleep hammock joke on a Canadian books blog just now, www.bookninja.com" target="_blank">www.bookninja.com, and I didn't give you credit. Sorry.

[D.R. MacMaster]

Bastard!

That'll be $50.

[John McFetridge]

I was thinking the next time in Nova Scotia visiting my friend in Porter's Lake or my cousin in Stanley (Hants County), I'd buy you a beer ;)

[D.R. MacMaster]

Too bad that I live too far away from Hants and Porter's Lake, and I don't drink.

And back on topic, Dana's right, those are pretty pricey deck chairs.

Penguin would sell more if they chopped the price. Snob appeal can only go so far.

[Donna Carrick]

Oh, please, quote me! I could sure use a beer! and sunsets in NS are the greatest!

[minervaK]

Yes.

[Dana King]

Seems a bit pricey, too. That's about $100 American, I think, which is pretty steep for a folding chair, unless Vivian Regan's actually in it.

On the other hand, The Big Lebowski is the Coen Brothers' take on The Big Sleep, and I can visualize The Dude slouched in such a chair, sipping a White Russian. Maybe there's hidden symbolism there.

[Jack Getze]

I just ordered 75 of the green ones. The Big Sleep. They are going to look so cool on the deck of my 200-foot Grand Banks motor yacht.

[Donna Carrick]

Oh perfect! Why didn't I think of that for my palace courtyard in southern Spain!

[Lisa Fernow]

Could be worse. They could have licensed the rights for a throw rug and called it the Big Sheep.

[Daniel Hatadi]

I think the whole range is designed by someone with a very dry sense of humour. Especially with this one:

http://www.artmeetsmatter.com/proddetail.php?prod=penguin-tea-towel...