book jacket

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The book jacket features a prominent blurb from Johnson calling the doctor’s treatise: “A gripping tale of corruption and courage that will open eyes and prompt serious questions.”

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025

The book jacket cut out the word "hokey" so the quote read only: "Wisdom combined with good advice."

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2023

That hilariously provocative book jacket is just a start.

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022

The city’s trademark fleur-de-lis is even stamped on the book jacket.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2021

While reading Plato’s Republic, for instance, I needed to keep looking at the book jacket comments to remind myself what the text was about.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez