Bookscout

Bookscout Synopsis

For a rare book, a desperate buyer turns to violenceSix days a week, Joel Beer hunts for books in Denver. He stalks them in bookstores and thrift stores, at yard sales and estate sales, his eyes scanning spines quickly and ruthlessly, searching for the $0.25 gem that he can resell for $250. If he were the only scout in town, he might be able to make a living, but there are close to a dozen full-timers nowincluding his archrival, Popeye Lamonicaand Joel is having trouble paying his rent.Facing eviction, Joel and his partnera slow-witted vagrant named Lacygo on the hunt. They are about to give up when they find an estate sale offering a $0.50 copy of Walter Behr's Something for Nothing that is worth $500. But Popeye sees it, too. To make this treasure his, Joel will do whatever it takeseven if it means sacrificing his career.

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