Montag's desire to read books is a slow process that gradually builds to the actual act of reading one. At the beginning of the story, he already has a book hid in his house, because as he walks into the house the first time we meet him,
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After its release on January 1, 1956, Profiles in Courage became a best seller. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1957, even though it was not one of the finalists forwarded to the Pulitzer Prize board from the selection committee. Kennedy's father Joseph asked columnist Arthur Krock, his political adviser and a longtime member of the prize board, to persuade others to vote for it.