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We were thrilled to run across this custom bike helmet<\/a>, modeled on the 2666<\/em> cover designed by Charlotte Strick (who just happens to be The Paris Review<\/em>\u2019s art editor!). Says Ariel Abrahams<\/a>, who commissioned the literary topper,<\/p>\n

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I chose my design because when I read the book 2666<\/em> by Roberto Bola\u00f1o, I was literally taken aback. I had to sit down, stop my life and just read. I really fell in love. I thought a bike helmet depicting the magical sea-life images from the cover of the third book of 2666<\/em> would commemorate these overwhelming, larger than life feelings somehow. If you have read the book, you know the importance of the sea creature images to the tone of the story.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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We were thrilled to run across this custom bike helmet, modeled on the 2666 cover designed by Charlotte Strick (who just happens to be The Paris Review\u2019s art editor!). 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