Here's a link with a bit of background on this design. In it, Buckley says: "When I was designing Don DeLillo's back list, I got so excited by the project that I just started designing anything DeLillo. When I brought this cover to my packaging meeting my publisher looked quizzically at my editor and my editor looked back at me saying 'uhh Paul, it's gorgeous and all, but we don't own this book, never have.'"