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Mr Toon said, to begin with, reading "alleviated boredom and it gave me something to hide behind". "Less people bother you when you've got your head in a book," he added. "I didn't want people to notice me." He soon ran out of the books available at the Emmanuel House charity and sometimes read the same one four times, just to "have something to read". Miss Wright, 37, said she often saw Mr Toon reading and thought "it always looked so peaceful and serene". One day, she struck up a conversation with him about some Stephen King novels she was getting rid of and the two started sharing books. Miss Wright put out a plea to the public for more and got about 50 donated, which she kept at the cafe for Mr Toon. He also walked around with a rucksack filled with them - ranging from horror to self-help and IT textbooks. Mr Toon said many people saw him reading and it helped him start up a conversation with them. "She [Miss Wright] set something in motion," he said. "It was a real icebreaker. "It gave me a chance to talk to people with no judgement, no politics, just talking to people about a good book that they've read. "I was angry at the world... but meeting Naomi and everyone out here, it kept a connection with me and society. I was in danger of losing that."
