The would-be thief became distracted after picking up a book about Greek mythology on a bedside table.
  • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    36·
    3 months ago

    Giovanni Nucci, the author of The Gods at Six O’Clock, which explains the Iliad from the perspective of the gods, told Il Messaggero: “It’s fantastic.”

    "I’d like to find the person caught red-handed and give him the book, because he’ll have been arrested halfway through reading it. I’d like him to be able to finish it.

    I like this writer

  • ravhallEnglish
    221·
    3 months ago

    Just… take the book. 🤦‍♂️

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      222·
      3 months ago

      It was so engrossing that he had to sit down and read it right there. It was that good.

      • ravhallEnglish
        91·
        3 months ago

        I’m trying to find an English copy 😅

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
          152·
          3 months ago

          Don’t keep it in your car. You might be driving down the road and glance at it. You won’t be able to prevent what will happen next.

          • ravhallEnglish
            5·
            3 months ago

            I don’t know what happened officer, I have this book on tape and suddenly I was transported to Ancient Greece!!

  • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
    221·
    3 months ago

    Mr Nucci said his personal favourite deity was Hermes, the god of thieves.

    “He is also the god of literature. It is clear: everything fits,” he joked.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      221·
      3 months ago

      Can you think of a greater honor for an author than “your book is so good that a guy stopped burglarizing a home just to read it?”

    • Sockenklaus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      Also:

      He is said to have told police he had climbed the building to visit a person he knew.

      “I thought I had ended up in a B&B, saw the book and started to read it.”

      Im not sure whether this guy really is a burglar or a troll.