Author: Bartlett, Allison Hoover
Title: The man who loved books too much: the true story of a thief, a detective, and a world of literary obsession
Published: New York: Riverhead Books, 2009
Description: 274 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number: Z992.8 B37 2009
Bibliography: p. 264-274
Summary: Unrepentant book thief John Charles Gilkey has stolen a fortune in rare books from around the country. Yet unlike most thieves who steal for profit, Gilkey steals for love-the love of books. Perhaps equally obsessive is Ken Sanders, the self-appointed "bibliodick" who's driven to catch him. Following this eccentric cat-and-mouse chase with a mixture of suspense, insight and humor, Allison Hoover Bartlett plunges the reader deep into a rich world of fanatical book lust and considers what it is that makes some people stop at nothing to posses the titles they love
Subject(s):
- Gilkey, John, 1968-
- Sanders, Ken, 1951-
- Book collectors -- United States -- Biography
- Thieves -- United States -- Biography
- Book collecting
- Bibliomania
- Book thefts
Review(s):
- Cox, Richard J. "The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession." Library & Archival Security 23, no. 1 (January 2010): 49-51
- Katona, Cynthia Lee. "The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession." Magill Book Reviews (November 2009)
- CHRISTOPHER R., BEHA. "The Book Thief." New York Times Book Review (October 4, 2009): 20
