The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling: A Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery - Hardcover

Block, Lawrence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525941592 ISBN 13: 9780525941590

Publisher: Dutton, 1996

Synopsis

In a classic Bernie Rhodenbarr thriller, the burglar-turned-bookseller plots to steal the lost manuscript of a Kipling poem, but an unexpected twist leaves the police hot on his trail. 20,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo.

About this title

About the Author:

Lawrence Block is a four-time winner of the Edgar Award and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. He has also won four Shamus Awards, and was the first recipient of the Nero Wolfe Award. He is the author of over 40 books, many of which feature the characters Bernie Rhodenbarr, Matthew Scudder, Chip Harrison, and Evan Tanner. He lives in New York City with his wife Lynne.

From AudioFile:

Bernie Rhondenbarr is back. The loveable guy, who is an antiquarian bookseller by day and a sometimes burglar at night, makes his fifth appearance on audio with this reading by his creator, mystery writer Lawrence Block. As with all the Bernie audiobooks, the plot matters little. Bernie pilfers an itemĐin this case, a rare edition of a Kipling book once owned by a well-known person (who shall remain nameless so as not to spoil the fun)Đand ends up being charged with murder. After the first three sides, Bernie, wryly performed by Block with the perfect New York accent, rounds up all the suspects. This is the fourth Burglar book Block has read. In a brief interview the author explained that he records his own books "because I'm a ham. I enjoy doing readings on promotional tours." Block also explained that he doesn't write the condensed versions but touches them up before the recordings are made. As to how much of Bernie is really Block himself, the author said, "Not too much. I haven't knocked off any apartments lately." What's up next for Bernie? Block would only reveal that in the next book "Bernie leaves the city and winds up in a country house outside New York." S.I.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0525941592
• ISBN 13: 9780525941590
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256