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Burglars Can't Be Choosers - Lawrence Block

 

Description: ISBN 094835352X / Author: Lawrence Block / Genre: Crime / Thriller / When the mysterious pear-shaped man with a l ot of uncomfortably ... more
Burglars Can't Be Choosers - Lawrence Block ... accurate information about Bernie and hi s career offers him five big ones to liberate a blue leather box from an East Side apartment, a lack of finance forces h im to take up the offer. '

Newest Review: ... innocence, but how can a renowned burglar ever get a fair judgement? This book is the first in a series of adventures that ... more

 ... sees Bernie becoming involved in a variety of scrapes and acts as a great introduction to a charming and funny character. It is the character of Bernie that is the main draw of these books as he is brilliantly realised by Lawrence Block. We learn in ‘Burglars Can’t Be Choosers’ that the life of a thief can be a lonely one. However, the fact that you get to become involved in adrenaline fuelled cons makes up for this. The idea of the robberies themselves are fun but put a character from this world into a detectiv...more

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Format: paperback, Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd, ISBN: 18424307
Pages: 192, Paperback, No Exit Press - Books/Subjects/Crime, Thri ...
£ 7.98 Postage & Packaging: £ 2.75
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Premium Review Burglars Can't Be Choosers - Lawrence Block: Please Mr Robber, Pick Me. (855 words)
by samueltyler - written on 05.03.07 (Very useful, 74 readings)
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There is a certain paradox with the title of the most recent book by Lawrence Block that I have read as I believe that burglars can in fact be quite choosey. To be successful in their chosen profession I assume that they must pick carefully which target would reap the largest rewards for the smallest risk. However, perhaps Block is commenting on the substance abuse that many thieves suffer from which forces them to rob so that they can get their next fix? Or maybe I am looking far too deeply into the title and Block just thought it sounded good? Bernie Rhodenbarr has been a burglar all his career and it is the only thing that he knows. So when he is ...

 

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