The Burglar in the Library

Block,Lawrence

ISBN 10: 1874061815 / ISBN 13: 9781874061816

Published by No Exit press, London, 1997

About this Item

NO EXIT PRESS 1997.HARDCOVER.TRUE FIRST EDITION WITH SPELLING ERROR ON THE FIRST PAGE.SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

Seller Inventory # 060076

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Burglar in the Library
• Publisher: No Exit press, London
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1874061815
• ISBN 13: 9781874061816
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First UK Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

Bound in publisher's original paper over boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Signed on title page. First issue book with "settle" instead of "settled" on first sentence of page 1. From the library of Howard Block, cousin of Lawrence Block.

Review

Bernie, if you recall, is that likeable young New Yorker who has tempered his passion for stealing classy works of art with the more staid vocation of selling books. But his passion always reigns. In this eighth Bernie Rhodenbarr caper, author Lawrence Block mimics the murderer's M.O. in Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None while preserving the premise of the Burglar series. Bernie bursts in on someone else's wrongdoing before he gets to have any fun. All he wants is to make off with a Raymond Chandler first edition, but instead, red-handed, he stumbles on foul play. Lots of amusing send-ups of the genre's older conventions, particularly those oft-employed twists of dame Christie.