Title: The Sound and the Fury
Author: William Faulkner
Cover artist: photo
Yours for: SOLD! (1/19/09)
Best things about this cover:
- Best thing? Hmmm. I can't decide. It's either the sound or the fury.
- I see the "Fury" (Yul Brenner tries to strangle Joanne Woodward) - the "Sound"? I guess it's the sound of me gasping at the sight of Yul Brenner with hair.
- This blue tint is so dark that it renders the picture almost irrelevant. I love the hand-drawn fon on the title. Makes the book look like an adaptation of a wacky Disney movie.
Best things about this back cover:
- "DECAY" - Why would I read any farther after that? That is perhaps the best single-word tagline I've ever seen on a book. And the bright, whimsical font! Inspired.
- By the picture, I would surmise that this is the story of an aging pirate with a bad hairpiece and massive pit stains who wants nothing more than for Maria from "Sound of Music" to admire his chest hair.
Page 123~
"Oh, forget your damned clothes. Does your eye hurt?"
I can't believe I just Page 123'd William Faulkner. John Faulkner, sure, but William? The indignity!
~RP
