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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
Fascinating story about a prolific book thief. The author's interviews with him make him seem very intitled and not remorseful for stealing rare & first-edition books, often by using other people's credit cards. He felt he deserved to have rare books, he just couldn't afford them so he took them.
I also found it interesting that he had always wanted a huge library, walls covered in books, as he felt it was a status symbol for success. I love the idea of a wall of bookshelves too, but thank goodness, I'm not going to go steal books to achieve that! Highly interesting read on an unusual obession/addiction.
I also found it interesting that he had always wanted a huge library, walls covered in books, as he felt it was a status symbol for success. I love the idea of a wall of bookshelves too, but thank goodness, I'm not going to go steal books to achieve that! Highly interesting read on an unusual obession/addiction.