Author Susan Orlean joins host John McMurtrie in The Chronicle's basement archive studio to talk about her new novel "The Library Book," and other topics. Orlean, who wrote "The Orchid Thief," focuses her new book on events surrounding a 1986 fire that burned the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles.

Produced by Peter Hartlaub. Music is Mozart's Symphony 40 in G minor by Blue Dot Sessions.

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