>Uh, I think it's called listing quotes...
tsuwm, your brain has a lot of dord.

dord?
department of redundancy department?
no, you must be referring to the ghost word:
http://www.snopes2.com/language/mistakes/dord.htm

and I'm sure you're right, but I'm also sure there must be a word for the placement of these quotes in the frontispiece....

>but is it a good read?

the first 60 pages were...