![]() ![]() ![]() The book opens with introducing us to the students in question: Warren, Spencer, Charles (Chas) and of course Eric himself. ![]() What ensues is an often-time hilarious and self-deprecating, spiralling story and situation completely gotten out of hand of kids who impulsively decide down a route that soon turns out to be a one-way street. This book is written by one of those students – Eric Borsuk, as he narrates the lead-up to the crime event and its aftermath. They are eventually caught before they manage to sell off these books to make a profit – and the whole event ends up being rather more ridiculous than alarming. American Animals on the other hand is a heist story – where a group of Kentucky university students in 2005 rob a rare-book collection of a local university library, stolen goods worth millions. True crime has become a seemingly endlessly popular genre of non-fiction and infotainment in the last few years although it has a rich history starting with classics like In Cold Blood, most of it in book form has focused on bloody deeds and murder. ![]()
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