Woo J. Johah Jameson cameo!
I heard somewhere that Subway Art is the most shoplifted book of all time. Even if thatās only conjecture, realistically what other book would even be a contender? Yes, Iām aware of Hoffmanās Steal This Book, but not many people ever were Yippies, and none still are. Compare to how many people do graf and itās amazing the thing is still in print.
Youāll notice that the newer edition is like quadruple the size of the original edition. Which is ostensibly to showcase the photos, but it also makes it a helluva lot harder to shove down your pants.
Iāve heard that itās On the Road. Thatās got a little more popularity to it than Subway Art, with a longer lifespan of potential thefts.
huh, yeah, I could see that.
ok, Iāve got to google it now
most of the results say the Bible, but that sounds like the kind of thing that gets repeated for being ironic rather than true. Publisherās Weekly says On the Road is one of them. They and Wikipedia agree that anything by Bukowski is number one, which Iām sure makes Buk smile up in heaven.
Subway Art doesnāt seem to rank, so looks like I got suckered by an urban myth. For those writers that wanted a copy, Iām pretty sure the majority of them got boosted, though. I know how I got mine. As the wiki says:
Constant wrote, "[F]iction that young white men read, and self-satisfied young white men, the kind who love to stick it to the man, are the majority of book shoplifters."2
I dunno that I was ever self-satisfied, but I suppose at the time I otherwise fit the profile ā(Ā“āļ½)ā
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