I'd hoped there was some great story behind the drab jacket design for the hardcover version of Cormac McCarthy's latest novel The Road. Now, thanks to an interview with renowned cover designer Chip Kidd at Esquire, I know that in fact there isn't any good excuse. Says Kidd, "[McCarthy] didn't even want his name on the front. We had to gently persuade him that that was not a good idea. So the cover just became this black hole." All well and good, but a little resistance from an author is no reason for such a poor cover, and no rationalizing about the colors reflecting the drabness of the book's grim subject matter really makes up for that.--David E
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