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
“Day by day Drew Barrymore is making it,” the book jacket of 1990’s “Little Girl Lost” says.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2023
Plus, the book jacket said Chris Pavone’s new novel is about a husband who mysteriously disappears during a trip with his wife to the Portuguese capital.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2022
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
