Why Our Harry Potter Pales Next to His Brit Doppelganger

By Robin Rice

Philadelphia City Paper | September 18, 2007

It's illegal to sell U.K. Potters in the U.S., but readers are well-advised to seek out the Brits, not just for textual authenticity but to avoid reported incidents of repulsion and nausea resulting from inadvertent or prolonged visual contact with Mary GrandPre's American covers and illustrations.

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