A “Baned” book would be in much worse shape than a banned book.
Last week I saw a student open a paperback in that painful way that so many people do; the pages he’d already read were folded all the way around so that the front cover touched the back cover.
As he started reading, I said, “Dude, that book’s Batman and you’re pulling a Bane on him!” The student immediately got the reference and let the book go from this contorted death grip.
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In the movie The Dark Knight Rises, Bane breaks Batman’s spine. Get it?
Perhaps the book could hang from a rope for a while and do a few push-ups. Then it would be good as new.
Gently Hew Stone 