Library waves £6000 fee after book returned from Canada after 48 years
A library that received an overdue book in the post from Canada 48 years after lending it out has agreed to waive the overdue fine of £6,170.85.
A spokesperson added: "We were then even more surprised to find the book had been borrowed in 1974 and was overdue by approximately 48 years and 107 days."Tony with wife Lynda, who spotted the BBC's appeal for the sender's identity on FacebookLibrarians are unable to confirm if A Confederate General from Big Sur is the library's most overdue book, as the date of Mr Spence's loan predates the computer system.
"When I went to mail it, I realised I hadn't put the note in but by then I couldn't be bothered so I just sent it."Richard Brautigan's 1964 novel "gave voice to the hippie generation", the Washington Post reported upon his 1984 death aged 49.. Brautigan's friend and fellow writer Don Carpenter said it "died like a cockroach underfoot".
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