Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-76.91.15.97-20130123085002/@comment-4632283-20130217020719

Well there are easy console command fixes to these problems if you're playing on PC. Find the book's object ID (I'm sure it's on this wiki), and type into the console "player.dropitem xxxxxx" where the x's are the object id. If you're not using PC, then I have no idea. Try giving it to a follower? Or maybe revert to a save before you find the madman, and instead of letting him rant, exit the conversation and kill him immedialty.