5.21.2007

Cover Blurb of the Week

from The Lynching of Orin Newfield by Gerald Jay Goldberg:

A full-blown portrait of an unrepentant bastard and the town that tried to destroy him.


Sassy!

The cover art bears a freakishly eerie similarity with the famous Nick Nolte mugshot.

It was published in 1970, maybe Nick was a fan or something.
I'll try and remember to scan and post it when I get home.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I just checked the cover. You're absolutely right!The funny thing is the Chicago Tribune quote on the back was cropped. The full sentence by John Blades reads, "Except for his unfortunate non-drinking problem, Newfield is the sort of man W.C. Fields might have embraced as a soul brother." Blades knew all about Nolte.