His hair was thick and wavy, and he wore it long, almost to his shoulders. He never wore socks, not even in January when the temperatures dipped into the forties. His ensemble was completed with a pair of dirty buckskins, no socks. “He owned a dozen different seersucker suits, each with a different shader color, and he wore one every day, along with a starched white shirt with a spread collar, and a loud bow tie, usually either red or yellow. In his own mind he is “a well-read playboy” and an ambitious businessman. Bruce Cable, owner of Bay Books, acquirer of valuable books, Southern dandy, and book (and author) lover. Mercer Mann, young, broke, aspiring writer with a past that includes time in Camino Island, Florida. The heist happens quickly in John Grisham’s latest novel, Camino Island, and serves as a backdrop for the real intrigue: where have the manuscripts gone after some of the thieves are caught and how can Princeton get them back.Įnter Elaine Shelby, an insurance investigator. One of the greatest literary treasures in the United States, F.Scott Fitzgerald’s hand-written manuscripts are stolen from the Firestone Library on Princeton University’s campus by a gang of five: Denny, a former Army ranger kicked out of the military Mark, a professional thief with a history of “smash-and-grab” jobs involving art and artifacts ransomed back to the original owners Jerry and Trey, petty thieves who met in prison and Ahmed, a computer hacker.
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