Would you like that wrapped?
Customer service speaking.
It has you thinking.
Is there almost anything that doesn’t come wrapped?
Breakfast cereals. Holiday cruises. Anti-wrinkle cream. Garden tools.
Bedding. Detergents. Pizzas. Cremation. Broadband. Underwear.
The evening news.
Political campaigns.
Ad. Slogan. Jingle. Tag. Hype. Signage. Catchphrase.
Time to take soundings.
Which Buy This! A Book of Commercials does in antic detail.
Ear tuned. Eye focused.
And in line with prior collections in shared vein by A. Robert Lee.
To include Off Course: Roundabouts and Deviations (2016), Suspicious Circumstances: An Album of Events and Oddities and Thoughts on the word What (2020), Outside In: Hinges and Swivels (2022), Time Travels (2022), Almost Patagonia (2023), and Everywhere You Look (2023).
