![]() ![]() Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library-and if so, who? By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. As one fireman recounted, “Once that first stack got going, it was ‘Goodbye, Charlie.’” The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. I can say both the book and the woman were a delight. ![]() This year, their honored guest was Susan Orlean, and so I read her newest book The Library Bookin anticipation of meeting Ms. It is a wonderful night that celebrates authors from Virginia, and books that are set in the state. I was lucky enough to be invited to the Library of Virginia Literary Awards this year. The Stacks received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. ![]()
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