book jacket
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The book jacket features a prominent blurb from Johnson calling the doctor’s treatise: “A gripping tale of corruption and courage that will open eyes and prompt serious questions.”
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025
The matter does not fall under the remit of the Advertising Standards Authority because the quotes feature on a book jacket rather than in an advertisement.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2023
All it takes to debunk this revelation is a glance at a few book jacket photos.
From New York Times • May 22, 2023
In 2022, John Huffington wrote a book for which reporter Tom Jackman provided a book jacket blurb.
From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023
While reading Plato’s Republic, for instance, I needed to keep looking at the book jacket comments to remind myself what the text was about.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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