Why I’m finally shelving my father’s 1,000-volume library

Twenty years ago, Jonathan Sale inherited his father’s collection of books. As a house move forces him to part with them, he recalls Arthur’s literary lifeThere’s a curse on your father’s books,” warned my daughter. They certainly began by causing trouble, right from the moment in the 1930s when the carpenter started installing the bookshelves. Hearing cries for help, my parents dashed into the front room to discover the poor man had somehow trapped himself bet