There is nothing more annoying than buying a new book and realizing there is a sticker on the cover that just won't come off. And sometimes, even when it does come off, there is still leftover residue ...

It’s bold. It’s restrained. It’s graceful. It’s terrifying. It feels inevitable, yet it’s startling. There’s no easy way to describe the cover for Salman Rushdie’s Knife, which is why it’s one of the ...