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Design Category
Book design, 2006
Design firm
HarperCollins (New York, New York)
Collection
(2007) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2006
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From the publisher’s keynote: “a stunning, darkly comic novel about the dissolution of a marriage during a time of fear and loathing in America.” This “time of fear and loathing” is the immediate aftermath of September 11. I wanted the cover to be very simple and intense. The type is meant to be “peculiar” and the illustration pretty self-explanatory.
“No explanation necessary.”
“Sign of a truly effective design—matte/gloss spots and embossing are a plus.”