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.
Genres
- Libraries
- Los Angeles Public Library
- Arson
- History
- Libraries and society
- Libraries, united states
- Los angeles (calif.), history
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- New York Times bestseller
- New York Times reviewed
- Fire, 1986
- Public libraries
- Arson investigation
- Books
- Library materials
- Social aspects
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Social History
- Los Angeles Public Library. Central Library
- Fires
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