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Vinony

The Library Book

by Susan Orlean

Cover of The Library Book
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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.

LibrariesLos Angeles Public LibraryArsonHistoryLibraries and societyLibraries, united statesLos angeles (calif.), historynyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2018-11-04New York Times bestsellerNew York Times reviewedFire, 1986Public libraries