Biblioholism, Revised Edition: The Literary Addiction, Vol. 1 » (REVISED)

Tom Raabe, a dedicated biblioholic, has taught Yankee sports to Australian high schoolers and worked for newpapers in Portland, Maine, and San Diego. In his book-free days, he was still able to travel and visited Indonesia, Singapore, India, Nepal, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, and Europe. For the last few years he has worked as a freelance editor and writer in Denver.

A hilarious guide for book lovers that brings book addiction out of the closet.

Have you ever...

• awakened, the morning after a book-buying spree, unable to remember how many you bought or how much you spent?
• been reprimanded or fired for reading on the job?
• purchased or rented additional living space... just for your books?

You are not alone. Your complete recovery awaits you -- just but one more book!

Booknews

Book lovers will enjoy Raabe's outrageous ploys and solutions to excessive book acquisition mingled among the true accounts of famous bibliophiles. His book parodies the self-help genre; fellow sufferer Raabe writes to help the reader cope with (rather than attempt to recover from) their addiction. There are notes and bibliography, but no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)