Blindsided

The stories in Forensic Songs, Irish author Mike McCormack’s second short-story collection, are all marked by a sense of being lost in time, as characters struggle to shield themselves from forgotten pasts and the encroachment of a technologically advanced future. The cover of Soho Press’ first American printing of Forensic Songs obliquely but arrestingly captures the impact of time on both the book’s central figures and the reader. The Slate Book Review recently talked with designer Jason Booher about the development of the cover and the ideas underpinning its powerful imagery. Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2014-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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