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Randall Flagg
10-11-2009, 04:46 PM
I haven't read the book yet, but the real life facts are fascinating, and initial reviews are encouraging.


journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett tells the story of John Charles Gilkey, who has a simple motive: to gather the most prestigious rare-book collection around. His method? Stealing.

Read more: http://sfgate.info/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/11/RVIF19R83L.DTL#ixzz0Tg5ydKSU

Amazon.com: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession (9781594488917): Allison Hoover Bartlett: Books


http://www.scads.org/scams/tribune_article_04jun04.htm

Sir_Boomme
10-11-2009, 05:15 PM
interesting article... what was most interesting was the photo of "John Gilkey"

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4937/carlosdet.jpg (http://img34.imageshack.us/i/carlosdet.jpg/)

I always wondered about this guy.... he just has to many rare books.

:P

(just kidding bob... we all know you're way to smart to get caught)

gsvec
10-11-2009, 05:16 PM
:scared:

Patrick
10-11-2009, 05:42 PM
:rofl:



Thanks for the link, Jerome. Sounds interesting.