Thank you, Paul, for retaining the grammatical error that Winstons' ad always had. You gave me a hit of nostalgia for my paternal grandfather.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8bpg4C9V…

The missing Winston cigarette ad really was the best verse of the Beverly Hillbillies theme song.

Where is Solzhenitsyn's The Cancer Ward?

Excellent! Now I no longer have to use those blank pages in the back of the Bible when I run out of zig zags.

I wonder how they'll package the collected works of William Burroughs.

They're great. Book as object, indeed. I'm actually suprised that more publishers haven't picked up on this. McSweeny's, sure, but really, how much Mcsweeny's can one human being take?

These are great. Book as object, indeed. If I were a CEO at a major publishing company I'd have a whole department checking in to this kind of stuff.

The Bukowski editions come with the book pre-soaked in bourbon-laced vomit and actual cigarette butts pressed between the pages.

double post. oops

So is there anywhre stateside we can buy these?

Clever, although it's going to create another example of the McSweeney's Conundrum: too creative and awesome to throw away, too fragile and irreplaceable to lend out, but won't fit on your bookshelf for crap.

(Oh San Francisco Panorama, what am I going to do with you when I'm done with you?)