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Newsletter #264

March 2, 2020

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of Abigail

Abigail

by Magda Szabo

MADE-UP

Booksellers geek out devising pithy comparisons that telegraph the feel of one book with the modified title of another. So I gave myself a pat on the back when I realized I had just finished the Hunga... (Liz)

Cover of Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps: Designing Graphic Props for Filmmaking

Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps: Designing Graphic Props for Filmmaking

by Annie Atkins

TRUE

It doesn't seem a stretch to wonder if Wes Anderson makes films (especially The Grand Budapest Hotel) as an excuse to create exquisite fictitious letterhead, and when he wanted someone equally meticul... (Tom)

Cover of The Old Truck

The Old Truck

by Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey

MADE-UP

The first book by the Pumphrey brothers has the classic feeling of the old truck (and the way of life) it celebrates, with beautiful pastel prints and a story of technological obsolescence that brings... (Tom)

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