In the flesh this is an absolutely gorgeous book, with the cover printed with metallic inks. Even better, the blurb and the ISBN are on a detachable sticker, so you can remove all the commercial stuff from the book and just have it as a work of art. McSweeney's really do know how to produce a book. Click on the photos for bigger images.
And for scale, here is the book with a dog called Boswell and a bottle of whisky. The latter is the reason why this and the last of the photos above are a bit blurry.
8 comments:
Oh my goodness. That is absolutely stunning (and helloooo texturrific)! And good grief it's humongous. I love how you used an animal and a bottle of liquor to showcase how chunky it is. =)
Thanks! At the time it made perfect sense!
super. Something to own for sure. That and the McSweeney Art book...
I'm really looking forward to reading it--just have to gird my loins for 1000 pages of small type.
A book, a dog and a bottle - sounds like my perfect evening in.
Ha ha -- yes, very much mine too!
I'm super excited for this book. I just read Sayles' Union Dues about a month ago in anticipation for this. Hopefully its quality justifies its gargantuan length
looks nice. let us know how it is.
haha dog looks like it has no eyes.
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