The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession

Chapter 7

1 This was before the availability of Wi-Fi.

2 John Milton, Areopagitica.

3 Walt Whitman, “So Long,” Leaves of Grass.

4 Quoted in Basbanes, A Gentle Madness, p. 20.

5 Tony Garcia. Interview with the author.

6 Ken Lopez. Interview with the author.

7 Kenneth Munson. Interview with the author.

8 Ken Sanders. Sequence of events reported in interviews with the author.

9 Kenneth Munson. Interview with the author. Munson explained that suspects will often use the physical details of someone they’re close to when describing a nonexistent accomplice. In Gilkey’s case, Munson assumed it was Gilkey’s own father he was describing.