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From bibliomania to kleptomania: the serious crimes of book lovers

29 June 2019

9:00 AM

29 June 2019

9:00 AM

In the spring of 1998, Rolling Stones fans in Germany were disappointed to hear that the band had been forced to cancel a string of gigs. Keith Richards, the ne plus ultra of rock’s wild men, had damaged a rib in a tumble from a ladder while trying to retrieve a book from one of the higher shelves in his Connecticut library.

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