The Man Who Loved Books Too Much

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• The Book Thief

  Between 1999 and 2003, John Gilkey used dozens of credit card numbers acquired from his department store job to steal more than $100,000 worth of rare books before being caught and sent to jail, partly through the effort of one bookseller named Ken S ... (read full critics)

  nytimes published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

• Bookreporter.com - THE MAN WHO LOVED BOOKS TOO MUCH by Allison Hoover Bartlett

  If you are reading this, you are very likely a bibliophiliac. What’s that exactly? Well, allow me to explain. Avid book readers fall into three general categories. The first is the aforementioned bibliophiliac, those who are defined as people who lov ... (read full critics)

  bookreporter published on Wed, 1 Sep 2010

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  I was fooled first by the title then by the cover portraying a nice, Victorian looking library full of books. I usually do like books about books but I couldn't find a single element of interest in this one, nor any insight of a sort. There's not even a story to talk about. It drones on and on just ... (continue)

  I was fooled first by the title then by the cover portraying a nice, Victorian looking library full of books. I usually do like books about books but I couldn't find a single element of interest in this one, nor any insight of a sort. There's not even a story to talk about. It drones on and on just about ... nothing. I keept reading because I wanted to make the most of my 12 euros or so and because I was waiting for some sort of turn or climax which never arrived. I wasted my time as well as my money and that's that.

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  Maria Teresa Ciaffaroni said on Dec 13, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  This is the true story of a man obsessed with collecting rare books. The twist is that he doesn't think it's fair that only the wealthy can afford such a passion, so he simply steals the books he feels he should have. Prison sentences are just a down time to plan future acquisitions.

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  Missmath144 said on Sep 3, 2010 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Others 288 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1594488916
• ISBN-13: 9781594488917
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Pub date: Sep 17, 2009

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