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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

How old?

This morning I found this author photo, on a dustjacket from 1939:

28? In today's youth-obsessed society, where programmes like Ten Years Younger are more popular than the news, this look seems a little eccentric, but it appears that in 1939, 30 was the new 40.

I don't know if the book's any good, but the cover is superb: