The Library Book
by Susan Orlean · first published 2018
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The Library Book alternates between a true-crime work on the suspicion of arson in the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Central Library; and a broader history of that library and Orlean's personal devotion to libraries in general, especially as the site of fond memories she shared with her mother.
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…member. It was only later that they were run by the government. That said, there is a vast gulf between them and a little box people put outside their homes with some books inside. Further reading: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
on ““The books will stop working.”” ↗Fatal Discord by Michael Massing and The Library Book by Susan Orlean look interesting. And the list has too many (51 out of 100) fictions.
on “100 Notable Books of 2018” ↗Susan Orlean wrote The Library Book, in part about the Los Angeles Public Library burning, possibly due to arson. The fire marshal said he saw the fire so hot in one corridor that it was clear: https://www.worldcat.org/title/library-book/oclc/1039296901&...
on “Library fires have always been tragedies – just ask Galen” ↗