BBC News passes along a story from Italian news sources about a foiled home burglary. The would-be thief broke into a house in Rome and was looting the place when he was distracted by a copy of The Gods at Six O'Clock, which is a retelling of Homer's Illiad from the perspective of the Greek gods by Giovanni Nucci.
The burglar was reading the book when the homeowner woke up and discovered the break-in. The thief fled, but was caught by police.
When author Nucci learned of this event, he offered to send a copy of his novel to the thief so that he could finish reading it.
-via Dylan O'Sullivan
Did the judge throw the book at him?
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This is the best endorsement for a book I've ever heard.
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