Say you’ve spent your life breaking into people’s houses and stealing stuff. You haven’t been caught so far, so it makes sense that you’d want to continue keeping a low profile, right? So you would avoid, say, publishing a book about your techniques and heists. Oh wait, you just wrote such a book and had it published? Crap.
That’s pretty much what Hajime Karasuyama (pen name) has done. Occupation, Thief; Annual Income, 30 million yen, the book, gives tips on how to commit burglaries from a “gentleman cat burglar.” The author claims that he has developed the ability to know where a house’s occupants have hidden money and valuables.
Some of the content includes tips for gaining access to a locked house silently and efficiently without leaving traces. Karasuyama recommends hybrid cars due to their quieter sound, and once you’re at the door, a jeweler’s magnifying glass will reverse the view of a peephole.
It’s hard to imagine people being okay with a book promoting burglary, but it’s apparently flying off the shelves. Now, will someone explain to me why we don’t use the word “burgle” in our social lexicon anymore?