Burglar busted after getting distracted by bedside book

Allan Rose Hill

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On Tuesday night, an unidentified man scaled an apartment building in Rome's Della Vittoria neighborhood and climbed into a private residence via a balcony door. The 38-year-old was in the process of burglarizing the apartment when a book on a bedroom nightstand caught his eye.

The book, titled Gli dèi alle sei: L'Iliade all'ora dell'aperi…