Title: The Man Who Disappeared
Author: Edgar Bohle
Cover artist: Bill Rose
Yours for: $10
Best things about this cover:
- Did someone throw a bocce ball through her window, 'cause I'm not buying that as a bullet hole. It's massive.
- Not thrilled with how they've cropped her. What the hell is she doing? Dancing? Hanging laundry? How am I supposed to feel the, you know, suspense, when she looks like she's putting away groceries?
- The Man Who Alternated Font Color
Best things about this back cover:
- This better end with Dick and Steve getting married.
- I'm pretty sure the guy in the silhouette just snapped his left ankle. It hurts even to look at it.
Page 123~
"Miss Halsey and I are going out to get her gas tank filled," Rupple said to him.
Nice euphemism from the improbably named "Rupple!"
~RP
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2 comments:
"An hallucination"? -- was that common usage back then?
The reason cover-girl's arm is up: it's a defensive gesture. The ball that came through the window went down the neck of her blouse. Or maybe it was a water-balloon?
Massive disconnect between the book's title and blurb and the front cover art. (Is this Wilhelmina?)
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