A string of business burglaries hits Maple Street, but the sting is particularly painful when first editions of Confederacy of Dunces and Infinite Jest are stolen, reports WWL.
“A crackhead is not going to steal Confederacy of Dunces,” NOPD Sgt. Marc Amos tells reporter Katie Moore. “That doesn’t feed his need.”
That is messed up. Although I did get a kick out of the reporter getting the name of Infinite Jest wrong.
There is a well known bookstore in LA that specializes in books on spirituality and Eastern religions. They lose about 10% of their profits from shoplifting. Just because you know about books does not mean you are a good person.