Running the books : the adventures of an accidental prison librarian / Avi Steinberg.

First edition.

New York : Nan A. Talese, c2010.

399 pages ; 22 cm.

In this captivating memoir, Steinberg, a Harvard grad and struggling obituary writer, spends two years as a librarian and writing instructor at a Boston prison, attracting con men, minor prophets, ghosts, and an assortment of quirky regulars searching for the perfect book and a connection to the outside world.

English

October 27, 2010