This cover further cements Peter Mendelsund’s status as a master of contemporary book cover design. From the type selection to the graphic rendering of the collaged artwork, it tells you everything that you need to know in one fell swoop: this is a bold, wacky work of 20th century surrealism (dare I say that it gives me Monty Python vibes?) that has a rightful place in any 21st century library. —Sara Wood
The fonts in use are Milton Glaser’s Futura Stencil AKA Glaser Stencil (1969) and Sackers Italian Script, designed in 1974–75 by Gary Sackers for Compugraphic.