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Jonathan Franzen reads at Serpentine, glasses stolen off face, ransom note delivered, and helicopter scrambled

Darren Atwater | Tuesday 5 October, 2010 18:12

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That Bond Street jewellery robbery had nothing on this. Jonathan Franzen was minding his own business at a Serpentine Gallery party for the launch of his new novel Freedom last night when someone came up to him and—yoink—pulled off his glasses, dropped a ransom note for £100,000 and jumped into the water. A man has been arrested. Franzen is described by onlookers as “extremely disgruntled.”

Jonathan Franzen: thief steals author’s glasses and demands ransom at book launch party [Telegraph]

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