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Design Category
Book design, 1998
Design firm
Vintage Books (New York, New York)
Collection
(1999) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1998
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A cropped black-and-white photo and the sharp red block on the top are a variation of other Jim Thompson’s book cover designs of the same motif. The confusion and anxiety in the man’s eyes also echo the main character’s yearning for the missing element in his life.