Book Review - The Man Who Loved Books Too Much

As I said earlier, I finished my book today, which was The Man Who Loved Books Too Much. It's an entertaining read and I would recommend it to all of you. The writer does a good job of getting into the heads of book collectors and what drives them.  I guess I would describe it as a cross between The Orchid Thief, with the weird collecting, and American Gangster, with the chase for a criminal.  (I've only seen the movie for American Gangster.)  There's a book collector that loves to steal for the status of having and a book seller/collector who wants the satisfaction of catching the thief.  Anyway, I know nothing about the rare book world and I was fascinated.

Weird trivia I learned.  The author visits the book thief in prison and apparently at this prison in California, underwire bras aren't allowed.  Who knew?  And apparently, lots of the women that visit will be dressed kind of provocatively.  Wouldn't that be weird?  But I guess I've never been in that situation so I wouldn't know.