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So, how did this get here?

This picture was captured by scanning a page of a book I have recently been reading. I was puzzled when I noticed this object in the margin:

Printed image of a squashed bug in a book margin

At first I thought an insect had simply been squashed between the book pages. But, on close examination, the image of this squashed bug has been printed on the page. It must have got onto the plate during the printing process and must therefore appear in every single copy of this book made with that plate.

Not necessarily a nice way to go – but a hell of a memorial…

The book is A Long Finish by Michael Dibdin, published in paperback by Faber and Faber in 1999.

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