You may remember that around this time last year I held an exciting vote on which book cover I should use for The Flathunter. As exciting as that was, I wasn’t going to bother with a vote for the I Am Suicide Man cover because I am very much a tyrannical dictator of an author, not a sweet-faced democratic scribe (although I do have a sweet face) and I have no time for wishy-washy focus groups etc.

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But then I couldn’t decide between two designs, so, reluctantly, I’m offering you, my loyal peons, the chance to become involved in this terribly creative process by voting on which one you think is best. I realise the dimensions are slightly different on each one, but don’t worry about that (I’ll sort it out in post). Just have a good, hard stare at them, for at least 15 seconds each, and then tick the box in the voting panel below that corresponds to your most strongly-held belief.

Just in case you don’t know (and I’m sure you do, because the literary world has been abuzz about this work for some time – if any of you lot from Hay are reading this; I will get back to you as soon as I can) the idea for I Am Suicide Man is simple: Man raises money for a good cause by getting corporate sponsorship to kill himself, and becomes a kind of grotesque celebrity in the process.

All pomp and circumstance out the way, I really do value your opinion, so please vote. Off we go:

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