My previous post for Congo Song, from November of 2016, shows the 1943 (first) edition of Stuart Cloete’s novel.
Notably different is the cover of this – 1952 – edition of the work: The cover art of the first edition is a simple, very colorful and somewhat symbolic composition probably done using an airbrush. However, the cover art of this Popular Giant edition is as suggestive as it is direct (albeit tame by today’s standards), while the blurb on the book’s back cover luridly describes the novel’s plot.
As for the un-named gorilla, well, he does looks rather contemplative.
This is most unlike the book’s first edition, which features cover art that is simple, and appealing in that simplicity, while the back cover merely presents Cloete’s biography.
