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| The Man Who Loved Books too Much - Allison Hoover Bartlett |
2017 Reading Challenge - Day 82
March 23, 2017
Book 26 - 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 (2009)
Part 3 - pages 96-147
Reading Time - 1 hour
The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of
Literary Obsession
by Allison Hoover Bartlett (2009)
Part 3 - pages 96-147
Reading Time - 1 hour
All I've got to say is that this rare book collecting thing is kind of weird. And John Gilkey is weirder still. He decided he wanted to collect the books from Modern Library's list of 100 Best English Language Novels. Which seems like a bit of a random choice. The more that he got, the more that he wanted. For him it was like a hunt... just to find the next book.
That last bit actually does resonate a little bit, if I think about my fascination with genealogy. I guess collecting ancestors is kind of like book collecting in a way. It's all about seeing how far up the family tree one can go, and there is a certain pride in being able to say, "I've pushed my tree back 17 generations". Kind of a trophy hunt in a way. So maybe book collectors aren't that weird... just different.
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