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
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