The Man Who Wouldn’t Stand Up
Author: Jacob M. Appel
Publisher: Cargo Publishing
Publisher: Cargo Publishing
Brief: To design the cover for the winner of the Dundee International Book Prize 2012 – Academic and Huffington Post writer Jacob M. Appel. Chosen by a prestigious judging panel including Stephen Fry, acclaimed authors Philip Pullman and Alan Bissett and top literary agent Jenny Brown, the novel was a Satire on modern-day America. The cover was to hint at several key elements in the story; botany, baseball and media intrusion.
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