But in case your book hasn't arrived from Amazon.com yet, or if you haven't yet made a trip to the store, here's a closer look at J.K. Rowling's magnum opus.
The cover:
The inside front flap doesn't include the typical jacket summary. Aside from the price and the art credits, the flap just includes a single sentence: "We now present the seventh and final installment in the epic tale of Harry Potter."
The back flap doesn't even reveal that much. I'm not going anywhere near the back pages, other than to tell you that, in the service of journalism, I accidentally saw the last sentence while checking how many pages there are: 759. You probably could kill someone with this book. If Harry offs Lord Voldemort, that's probably how he kills him - dropping a nearly 800-page hardcover Potter book on his misshapen head.
Other than that, I'm not peeking. After this distribution shindig is done, I plan to head home and curl up on the couch. And I'm hoping to stay awake until it's over - one way or another.
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