Killing Castro

Block, Lawrence. (2009). Killing Castro. New York: Hard Case Crime.


I know that paperbacks are, well, can be schlock, but this is amazing, even by those standards. Lawrence Block is a crime writer, and this book was originally published in 1961 as Fidel Castro Assassinated (Block writing as Lee Duncan). But this cover is amazing in its, what shall I call it, implied meaning? Little implied about it.

Police: Man Stripped Naked In Library

Simply can't make this stuff up: a man stripped naked in the children's room in a public library, made sure he was seen, "thrust his hips toward a librarian", then dressed and stole some books. There is even video (gladly, not of the incident itself).

Watch: Man Accused Of Being Naked, Stealing From Library