Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/21/armstrong_reclassified/
Oz library finds Lance Armstrong books a new home: The fiction section
Literary quippery reclassifies disgraced cyclist
Posted in Bootnotes, 21st January 2013 10:42 GMT
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An Australian library has announced it will reclassify books by Lance Armstrong as fiction, the Sydney Morning Herald reports [1].
Book browsers at Manly Library in Sydney wishing to draw inspiration from Lance Armstrong: World's Greatest Champion and other titles by the disgraced cyclist were pointed in the right direction by a helpful sign, a photo of which appeared online over the weekend and quickly proved a web hit.
Sadly, the whole thing turned out to be "a bit of a joke" by a university student whole works part-time at the library, according to Wendy Ford, who goes under the improbable job title of "community liaison librarian".
She clarified: "This person just works a few hours on the weekend and he didn't have any authority to make a statement on behalf of the library."
The reclassification of Armstrong was a matter for Libraries Australia, Ford added, meaning that for the time being at least, the performance-drug-fuelled pedalist's literary creations will remain in the non-fiction domain.
Judging by the media hysteria surrounding the fallen idol's confessional chat with Oprah Winfrey this month, they'll soon be joined by Lance Armstrong: The Interview Which Shook The World, chronicling just how the planet momentarily stopped spinning on its axis as the cyclist admitted he'd been doped to the eyeballs for years. ®