Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Herb Thornby: A Student of Living Things


Intriguing cover from May, 2006. It's nice and creepy that the labels for the title and author replicate the labels on the specimen jars. It all of a sudden makes me feel like I'm in a bigger jar too. The story is a family drama/thriller about a near-future Washington D.C. where the Department of Homeland Security has been growing in power. A biology P.hD. watches as her brother is gunned down at their university, and sets out to find his killer - only to discover her family's dark secrets. Photo entitled "Perfect Frogs" by Justine Cooper.

3 comments:

Gould said...

Beautiful.

It was confirmed that Mark Romanek will direct Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. Good news.

That cover is great, wonder who did it
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400078776?ie=UTF8&tag=film-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1400078776

Tal said...

I think it might be John Gall??

Blair said...

I LOVE this jacket. I can't believe I haven't seen this before!