Book Given As Gift Actually Read

LONG BEACH, CA—The nation’s publishing industry was rocked by Monday’s news that a book given as a holiday gift was actually read and enjoyed by its recipient. According to reports, Long Beach schoolteacher Gavin Wallace completed James Gleick’s Genius: The Life And Science Of Richard Feynman, a present from his cousin. “I was very interested in Dr. Feynman, after having seen a TV show on him last month,” Wallace told reporters. “So, having some time to myself over the holidays, I read the book, which I enjoyed thoroughly.” Wallace previously made headlines for his December 1996 consumption of the entire contents of a Hickory Farms gift basket.