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The February Competition [closed]

Win great new titles from Faber, Simon & Schuster, Canongate and Sceptre in February’s fabulous Bookhugger competition!

This month, three lucky winners each receive copies of:

  • The Decisive Moment, by Jonah Lehrer (Canongate)
  • The Boy Next Door, by Irene Sabatini (Sceptre)
  • Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey (Faber)
  • The Age of Absurdity, by Michael Foley (Simon & Schuster)

To win, give us the answers to the following four questions:

  • Question 1: Although he’s Australian, what city of the world has Peter Carey made his home?
  • Question 2: What percentage of subjects initially pursue incorrect strategies when faced with the Candle Problem?
  • Question 3: What is the capital of Ta’argistan, to which Harry Jones must journey to mount his rescue mission?
  • Question 4: What was the book that changed Irene Sabatini’s life?

All the answers can be found right here on the site…

No more submissions accepted at this time.

Terms and conditions

  1. Closing date for entries: 5th March 2010.
  2. Open to residents of the United Kingdom only.
  3. Entry to the competition is by completion of the above form only. Anyone submitting multiple entries will be disqualified.
  4. The winners will be selected at random from those correct entries received before the closing date.
  5. Only the winning entrants will be contacted by Bookhugger. Our decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  6. The winner’s name(s) may be published on the Bookhugger website after the closing date of the competition.
  7. The competition is not open to Bookhugger employees and their families, or to employees of Bookhugger publishers and their families.

  1. angela gordon Says:

    would love this great prize

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