26 September 2007

A little nostalgia on a warm autumn night

This cover is great because it has completely captured the look of a novelty map found in vacation areas—big drawings denoting nearby restaurants and in the background a large arrow pointing to “I-95” as if nothing else existed around these spots. I don’t intend to read this book but I would love to hold a copy in my hands. I have this dream that it would have a texture more akin to a brown paper bag than contemporary book covers.

Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon
By Garrison Keillor
Viking Press

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

why on earth would you not read a book called pontoon? i'd pick it up for the title alone.

2:15 PM  

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