Title: You Kill Me
Author: John D. MacDonald
Cover artist: uncredited
Yours for: $12
Best things about this cover:
- The former title - which tells you everything about the difference between selling hardbacks and paperbacks. "You Live Once" = subject intransitive verb adverb = "zzzzzzz," whereas "You Kill Me" = subject transitive verb object = entire lurid plot in three words = sales gold
- She has a wasp waist and is wearing vaguely waspish colors
- "I am crazy for the salsa dance!"
- She has that ambiguous look of reckless abandon / sadistic glee
- John O'Hara is straight-up awesome - many paperbacks by him in my collection, some we've already seen.
Best things about this back cover:
- Well, not much. Another image retread.
- For once, the copy writers got it right: "a go-to-hell" look. Nice.
Page 123~
"I put my shoes on and stood by the car in the darkness. Soon I heard the sounds of his dying."
~RP
See, the thing is, that incredibly awesome lowcut top draws all your attention, leaving you to almost think this woman has some of that Ava Gardner thing going on--until you decide to look at the face. Ouch!
ReplyDeleteDon't be fooled by the body. I once dated a woman with a figure like this. Smokin' top half, wasp waist, but then it all sticks out the back. Just a huge bubble butt, and not in a sexy way. Here's the giveaway: check out that meaty thigh. NFL fullbacks wish they had thighs like that.
She's the executive-only slutty flamenco dancer of death!
ReplyDeleteHer skirt is at least 5 different shades of yellow.
ReplyDelete....that is all.
Awesome analysis of the title change. I feel ensmartened.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm a sucker for an ambiguous look of reckless abandon / sadistic glee.
As a woman, I want to inform justjack that we women just adore having the different parts of our bodies picked apart and rated by men. Keep up the good work.
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