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

“Day by day Drew Barrymore is making it,” the book jacket of 1990’s “Little Girl Lost” says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2023

In 2022, John Huffington wrote a book for which reporter Tom Jackman provided a book jacket blurb.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023

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