menfrommarrs 's review for:

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett

4.0

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I listened to this book on audio, narrated by Judith Brackley. I think, in this case, the audio made a large difference in the enjoyiment of the book.

Because it was a voice other than my own in my head, I felt the author was actually with me while telling this story of John Charles Gilkey and of Ken Sanders and of the multitude of book collectors old and new; their obsessions and crimes.

The line drawn between a criminal and a defender of books, is often blurred; including the author's own keeping of an unreturned library book.