In the spring of 1994, Daniel Spiegelman shinnied up an abandoned book lift in Columbia University's Butler Library, dismantled a wall, stole books...
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Aug 23, 2009
Erin
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It's a bit strange to read a true-crime story about one's own workplace.
With that rather pointless introduction out of the way, let me say that I have no idea what was the author's goal in writing this book. The introduction, at less than two pages, reads like a crime novel: " In the beginning he had been skittish and worrisome-he was naturally that way. But by that point, more than ten trips in, he never worried at all. In fact, he was already thinking about the next step. He h More...
With that rather pointless introduction out of the way, let me say that I have no idea what was the author's goal in writing this book. The introduction, at less than two pages, reads like a crime novel: " In the beginning he had been skittish and worrisome-he was naturally that way. But by that point, more than ten trips in, he never worried at all. In fact, he was already thinking about the next step. He h More...
Aug 20, 2011
Amy
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It's not a long book, but it gives plenty of background on book theivery and the imporance of old books and the like. Some of the subject matter is dry, but I think that McDade does a good job of making it as interesting as possible.
I think the book does a good job of explaining why the case is so interesting as well as how previous cases influenced this one.
I had picked up this book to read because it was near another book in the library I was picking up to read. I think I liked thi More...
I think the book does a good job of explaining why the case is so interesting as well as how previous cases influenced this one.
I had picked up this book to read because it was near another book in the library I was picking up to read. I think I liked thi More...
Jun 21, 2010
Mary Ellen
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Interesting true story about a man who stole rare books from the library in order to sell them.
Nov 05, 2008
JulieK
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The story of a guy who stole a large number of rare books and manuscripts from Columbia University, written by a librarian/lawyer. He went into way too much legal minutiae for my tastes (lines of argument at the trial, a whole chapter on the history of sentencing guidelines).
Mar 17, 2008
Renny
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I enjoyed parts of this book. There is a large chapter on the laws relating to book crimes and the changes to the justice system that Daniel Spiegleman's crimes induced. It is informative, a little boring, and had several grammatical errors.
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