Lawrence Block

The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #4) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Bookselling burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr doesn't generally get philosophical about his criminal career. He's good at it, it's addictively exciting-and it pays a whole lot better than pushing old tomes. He steals therefore he is, period.

He might well ponder, however, the deeper meaning of events at the luxurious Chelsea brownstone of Herb and Wanda Colcannon, which is apparently burgled three times on the night Bernie breaks in: once before his visit and once after. Fortunately he still manages to lift some fair jewelry and an extremely valuable coin. Unfortunately burglar or burglars number three leave Herb unconscious and Wanda dead . . . and the cops think Rhodenbarr dunnit.

There's no time to get all existential about it-especially after the coin vanishes. But Bernie is going to have to do some deep thinking to find a way out of this homicidal conundrum.

"Wonderfully funny…Block's effortless first-person narrative and zippy dialogue is as pleasing as escapist fare ever gets." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "Classy. Interesting and fun…no one does Manhattan any better than Lawrence Block with these incredible tales…one of the best satirical mystery series on the market today." -Midwest Book Review "The joy…is Bernie's sharp tongue and wit." -Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel "His canny survival instincts, combined with his irrepressible sense of humor, make Bernie Rhodenbarr one of detective fiction's most engaging heroes." -Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Literary entertainment does not get any better than this. If you've never tried the Burglar books, you couldn't ask for a better time to start." -Mystery News "Lawrence Block is a master of the art of mystery." -New Orleans Time-Picayune "[Block] is one of the great mystery writers of all time. And gets better as he goes. Rhodenbarr is a wonderful New York character with a knack for surrounding himself with colorful eccentrics…bite, wit, and enough stylish attitude to power the Plaza for a week." -New York Daily New "A witty series, Bernie is incorrigibly adorable. Between his inquiring mind and his sticky fingers, Bernie is the ideal sleuth. Notre Dame at dusk. Pepy's account of the great fire of London. A really good cashmere coat. Some treasures are timeless…I feel like putting Bernie Rhodenbarr on that list." -New York Times Book Review "As good as it gets. Rhodies will eat it up." -Philadelphia Inquirer

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lawrence Block
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781502284440
• Artikelnr.: 42765664

Autorenporträt

Lawrence Block has been writing award-winning mystery and suspense fiction for half a century. His newest book, pitched by his Hollywood agent as "James M. Cain on Viagra," is The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes. His other recent novels include The Burglar Who Counted The Spoons, featuring Bernie Rhodenbarr; Hit Me, featuring philatelist and assassin Keller; and A Drop Of The Hard Stuff, featuring Matthew Scudder, brilliantly embodied by Liam Neeson in the new film, A Walk Among The Tombstones. Several of his other books have also been filmed, although not terribly well. He's well known for his books for writers, including the classic Telling Lies For Fun & Profit and Write For Your Life, and has just published a collection of his writings about the mystery genre and its practitioners, The Crime Of Our Lives. In addition to prose works, he has written episodic television (Tilt!) And the Wong Kar-wai film, My Blueberry Nights. He is a modest and humble fellow, although you would never guess as much from this biographical note.