tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post1837772764742704540..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: WTF GDR?JRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-56630925782735497732011-11-06T11:38:09.704-08:002011-11-06T11:38:09.704-08:00I've just read this too. Brilliant book. The c...I've just read this too. Brilliant book. The cover I had was much more fitting (black and white, young woman with a man lurking behind). Do not understand the purpose of the cover you had.Ina Guddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08379848470323004664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-34832474321132600192011-10-29T17:02:39.841-07:002011-10-29T17:02:39.841-07:00Anon, it's not Funder, though--the facial feat...Anon, it's not Funder, though--the facial features aren't quite right. Good guess, though.<br /><br />Pop Tart, that could be an explanation--still an odd image, though...JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-14188741089825723272011-10-29T13:28:06.717-07:002011-10-29T13:28:06.717-07:00The Stasi might use prostitutes or female agents f...The Stasi might use prostitutes or female agents for entrapment purposes, hence the cover.eViL pOp TaRthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15039755407564122331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-91254486430344008912011-10-29T00:28:15.853-07:002011-10-29T00:28:15.853-07:00I think you'll find it's the author with a...I think you'll find it's the author with a touch of lippy! Google image search Anna Funder...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-33890073311545345452011-10-27T16:12:13.638-07:002011-10-27T16:12:13.638-07:00Robert: Aussies misinterpreting Ossis is sadly all...Robert: Aussies misinterpreting Ossis is sadly all too believable.<br /><br />I'm glad everyone's as puzzled as me. It's a great book, though.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-8894423581057883882011-10-27T14:59:11.764-07:002011-10-27T14:59:11.764-07:00Not knowing the book, my first impression had it a...Not knowing the book, my first impression had it as a novel set in a nightclub called 'Stasiland'. But what do I know? Going by the picture I can say with certainty that Stasiland's bouncer would have never let me in.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-80144339153597571572011-10-27T03:57:40.961-07:002011-10-27T03:57:40.961-07:00Sadly I suspect the explanation is probably someth...Sadly I suspect the explanation is probably something along the lines of;<br /><br />"Shit, forgot about that artwork deadline. Female author? Kind of a spy thing? Ok, bang, there ya go!"Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951955227326548340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-49079018378759067362011-10-27T03:46:01.960-07:002011-10-27T03:46:01.960-07:00Perhaps she is supposed to be an East German prost...Perhaps she is supposed to be an East German prostitute-droid reporting to the East German police. Her stare is a little mechanical, her top is a little cheap communist quality, and her make-up is so, well...Katherine Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07701041484655973049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-85923370772106708052011-10-27T00:26:32.616-07:002011-10-27T00:26:32.616-07:00I've never heard of this author and I also do ...I've never heard of this author and I also do not understand this cover. After all, I am from East-Germany. It's interesting what kind of image the Australian create about us »Ossis«, but even colorful...Roberthttp://www.blog.buchgut.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-12664094935289406422011-10-26T18:43:45.491-07:002011-10-26T18:43:45.491-07:00Aha! A very cunning explanmation! I suspect you...Aha! A very cunning explanmation! I suspect you're right.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-37498279800959495392011-10-26T17:58:28.927-07:002011-10-26T17:58:28.927-07:00I have not read this book, though it sounds like s...I have not read this book, though it sounds like something I'd enjoy. But I think the cover image represents the belief that a picture of a hot looking young woman will sell a book about life in East Germany.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.com