Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Most Frequently Shoplifted Books



The most frequently shoplifted books are by the following authors:

Martin Amis
Paul Auster
Georges Bataille
Charles Bukowski
William Burroughs
Italo Calvino
Raymond Chandler
Michel Foucault
Dashiell Hammett
Jack Kerouac
Jeanette Winterson

And the most shoplifted book? The Bible.

6 comments:

  1. I wonder how many Bible shoplifters take it back to the store when they get to the bit that says "thou shalt not steal"?

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  2. *snorts at betty*

    ooh, all of them men (bar ms winterson, although she almost qualifies on account of her sexual leanings)

    what does it MEAN?

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  3. Mostly a's, b's, and c's. And only one in the l-z's. I think this says something about bookstore security.

    As does the Bible fact. They must trust Christians.

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  4. Abbie Hoffman isn't on the list so can we assume that people pay for 'Steal This Book' yet nick the others?

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  5. I have Naked Lunch by Burroughs that I stole from a friend but I guess that doesn't count since she probably paid for it.

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  6. geoff: that sort of insight is what made the book 'freakonomics'

    get scribbling, man

    and lo, after geoff published 'bookonomics', greater security was installed on the A-F section of library fiction sections and fewer books were nicked

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