![]() ![]() ![]() Orlean says the most revelatory part of working on “The Library Book” was discovering the history of Los Angeles as a “city of readers and writers and library goers.” “The book does what Susan Orlean does magnificently well: dive into a topic that most people would not immediately on the surface think is fascinating and multidimensional, and she just sort of peels it back,” says Los Angeles city librarian John Szabo. “The Library Book” has been on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List for more than 30 weeks and is one of the most-requested titles by readers at county libraries this year. ![]() “The Library Book” brings to life legendary characters from the library’s past and present, and shadows a Hollywood wannabe who admitted setting the fire, then changed his account again and again. The blaze destroyed 400,000 books, damaged 700,000 others and closed the library for seven years. Orlean spent six years digging into that question, as she reinvestigated the largest library fire in U.S. Her tour guide mentioned that some books still smell like smoke decades after the fire. The author of “The Orchid Thief” and other nonfiction titles, Orlean stumbled on the topic for her latest book during a visit to the downtown library. Join us as we explore Orlean’s bestseller, a whodunit about the mysterious 1986 fire that gutted Los Angeles’ landmark Central Library. Just in time for summer reading, the Los Angeles Times Book Club has chosen “The Library Book” as our first community read and will host a June 25 forum with bestselling author Susan Orlean. ![]()
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