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Design Category
Book design, 2001
Design firms
Penguin Group (New York, New York), Evan Gaffney Design (New York, New York)
Collection
(2002) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2001
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The challenge was to take a subject that would scare off many readers—a Chinese political scandal from centuries ago—and package it like a contemporary thriller without cheapening the content.