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Current Events & Trends | December 2010 | Brian Cassidy

Have You Seen This Man?

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This is the infamous John Gilkey, convicted book thief and subject of last year's book THE MAN WHO LOVED BOOKS TOO MUCH. According to colleagues Gilkey has been spotted in several shops in the San Francisco Bay area.

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