![]() ![]() She outlines how the fire progressed, the science associated with both the fire itself and the investigation into its causes, and how that investigation ended up focusing on Harry Peak, an aspiring actor who was seen in and around the library by several different people at different times on the day of the fire, and who confessed to friends that he had set it. The first, recounted in a journalistic, research-based style, is the story of the 1986 fire that virtually destroyed the Los Angeles Central Library. Throughout the book, the author entwines a number of narrative and thematic threads. The narrative is a blend of objective investigation, subjective commentary, and memoir, each chapter beginning with a list of book titles that are relevant to that chapter’s content. ![]() ![]() The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Orlean, Susan. ![]()
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