The New York Times
Essay
Steal These Books
By MARGO RABB
Published: December 16, 2009
A version of this article appeared in print on December 20, 2009, on page BR23 of the New York edition.
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There is a certain hip factor to stealing a book, said Mark Z. Danielewski, whose novel “House of Leaves” is commonly shoplifted at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, Calif., according to Allison Hill, the store’s president and chief operating officer. “In ‘The Savage Detectives,’ Roberto Bolaño writes about visiting various bookstores and stealing books,” Danielewski said. “I never stole a book, though. I always found there was a pleasure, weirdly enough, in saving for and paying for something.”
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