“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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