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A30 PEOPLE & ARTS
Monday 3 July 2017
Hundreds of books owned by Warren Zevon to be sold

By LISA RATHKE Among the books are col-
Associated Press lections of W. Somerset
WEST BARNET, Vt. (AP) — Maugham and Graham
Late singer and songwriter Greene novels as well as
Warren Zevon’s heroes detective fiction. Some
were writers and classical are by friends like Hunter
musicians. S. Thompson, Carl Hiaasen
That’s clear by the “Were- or Stephen King, who dedi-
wolves of London” singer’s cated a book to Zevon af-
large and eclectic library ter his death.
of books now for sale. Others books contain items
The collection of nearly within their pages from the
1,000 books includes cop- musician’s life, like a fax
ies signed by authors with from a record company or
personal notes to Zevon. a restaurant receipt.

In this June 27, 2017 photo, Crystal Zevon, ex-wife of the late musician Warren Zevon, talks about
Zevon’s book collection that is for sale.
Associated Press

“What he did was he used he loved hanging out with cational communities, but
the books kind of like a fil- writers, he loved to talk really a safe haven, a sanc-
ing system,” said Zevon’s about books,” Ariel Zevon tuary place for people that
ex-wife, Crystal Zevon, who said of her father, who also are not necessarily fitting
along with their daughter played with the Rock Bot- into our current system,”
Ariel Zevon is selling the tom Remainders, a band said Ariel Zevon.
books to raise money for made up of published au- A group of locals is figuring
a retreat and community thors including King, Dave out how the space will be
center they’ve started in Barry and Amy Tan. funded to pay taxes, insur-
Vermont. Crystal Zevon said she has ance and other expenses
In the pages of the donated some books to li- and whether it should be a
Maugham collection, there braries. nonprofit.
are letters, written itinerar- The remaining books have Resident Dakota Butter-
ies and plane tickets. been sitting in boxes in her field, who is part of the
“Things that were his that garage. group, also serves on a lo-
his fans would be interest- She and her daughter de- cal committee that looks
ed in,” she said. cided to sell them to raise for ways to enrich commu-
Zevon’s books are now be- money to support a com- nity life in the small town
ing catalogued and will munity retreat house that with a population of 1,700.
gradually be sold online on Crystal Zevon bought in her She said aside from provid-
eBay. village of East Barnet, Ver- ing a space for the com-
One just sold for $400 and mont. So far, the 100-year- munity to meet for knitting
another one, a Robert old house she purchased in or book groups or weekly
Craft biography of Igor March — called Brookview suppers:
Stravinsky, who Zevon met R&R — has been used as a “I think that Brookview will
as a teenager, is now up retreat for activist groups, become, is becoming a
for sale. for gardening talks, weekly place where people who
Zevon, who died in 2003, potlucks and will be used are away from Barnet can
never graduated from high for classes by an herbalist. come and retreat and
school but read everything, Most of the furnishings have move forward their agen-
his daughter said. been donated. das for change that they’re
“He loved classic writers, It’s creating a safe haven committed to and con-
he loved current writers, “for activists, artists, edu- nected to.”q

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