Why Doesn’t Anyone Steal Books?
I would have stolen those books. Confessions of a Mondadori Mystery Book Thief. Veblen, Bourdieu and the Mysteries of Consumer Society. I’m talking about the books at the Feltrinelli bookshop in Turin, hurled onto the floor during the unrest surrounding the demonstrations on 17 October. And yet, according to Feltrinelli itself, not a single book was stolen. I found that rather puzzling. Perhaps because, when it comes to stealing books, I have a bit of a record. Two incidents, to…