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Noting that the book has been sitting there for several weeks, sources confirmed today that Thomas Piketty’s “Capital In The Twenty-First Century” is right next to “Magic Tree House #8” on Cleveland resident Wallace Franco’s bookshelf.
“I’ve been meaning to crack open that Piketty up there,” said Franco, who placed the thick academic work by the renowned French economist and professor directly next to one in a series of books designed for children between the ages of five and nine years old. “I know it’s long but I’m going to give it a shot here pretty soon."
“I’m the kind of guy who likes to read that sort of hard stuff,” Franco said of Piketty’s challenging and lengthy text, which is perched next to a book whose cover features two children in space suits dancing on the moon. "I’m nerdy like that.”
Sources also noted that Franco’s copy of Joyce’s “Ulysses” was sitting on his desk, obfuscated by a season two DVD of the children’s series “Gullah Gullah Island.”
