The burglar who met Fredric Brown / by Lawrence Block.

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Title:

The burglar who met Fredric Brown / by Lawrence Block.

Author:

Block, Lawrence, author.

ISBN:

9781645241300

Edition:

Signed, limited edition.

Physical Description:

280 pages ; 25 cm.

Series:

The Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries.

Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries.

General Note:

"This special signed edition is limited to 750 numbered copies and 15 lettered copies."

Abstract:

"Bernie Rhodenbarr may be New York's most charming bookseller (by day) and its most skillful burglar (by night), but the modern world isn't kind to either of his vocations. How is a bookseller supposed to make ends meet in a world where Amazon will deliver any title right to your doorstep? And how is a burglar to ply his trade in a city filled with security cameras and unpickable electronic locks? The answer, as Bernie will discover in the pages of this wildly imaginative new novel--the twelfth in MWA Grandmaster Lawrence Block's acclaimed series, and the first in a nearly a decade--is that the world can sometimes change in the most unexpected ways"--Front jacket flap.

Subject Term:

Rhodenbarr, Bernie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Booksellers and bookselling -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.

Burglars -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.

Thieves -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.

Jewelry theft -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Science fiction.

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Summary

IF YOU WANT SOMETHING BADLY ENOUGH, YOU'LL GET IT... Bernie Rhodenbarr may be New York's most charming bookseller (by day) and its most skillful burglar (by night), but the modern world isn't kind to either of his vocations. How is a bookseller supposed to make ends meet in a world where Amazon will deliver any title right to your doorstep? And how is a burglar to ply his trade in a city filled with security cameras and unpickable electronic locks? The answer, as Bernie will discover in the pages of this wildly imaginative new novel--the twelfth in MWA Grandmaster Lawrence Block's acclaimed series, and the first in nearly a decade--is that the world can sometimes change in the most unexpected ways. Tempted to steal a priceless diamond from the penthouse apartment of a swinish entrepreneur, Bernie goes out drinking with his best friend Carolyn instead. But when he wakes up with something much stranger than a hangover, he realizes he's got the opportunity of a lifetime if only he can figure out what to do with it. Taking inspiration from the mind-bending works of one of Bernie's favorite authors (and one of Block's), The Burglar Who Met Fredric Brown throws Bernie into unfamiliar territory while keeping him squarely on the streets of the city he loves, and if that seems impossible to you, well--maybe that's because impossible is exactly what it is...

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Amiable burglar and Greenwich Village bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr returns in this imaginative 13th installment of Block's long-running series (after 2013's The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons), which Subterranean Press is releasing in a limited hardcover edition. The 21st century hasn't been kind to Bernie's bottom line: online retailers have dealt a blow to the bricks-and-mortar book business, and the now-ubiquitous presence of security cameras and electronic locks have curbed his thieving. One morning, after a night of heavy drinking and discussing science fiction writer Frederic Brown with his best friend, lesbian dog groomer Carolyn Kaiser, Bernie wakes to find himself and Carolyn inhabiting an alternate New York City--one straight out of Brown's imagination, with nary a security camera in sight. After Bernie steals a diamond he's long had his eyes on, complications ensue, including multiple murders, the theft of a valuable jade collection, and the possibility that a parallel-universe Bernie may also be on the prowl. The sometimes too-zany plot is middling as far as Rhodenbarr novels go, but Block's indelible characters, witty prose, and vibrantly realized New York setting are on full display. It's good to have Bernie back. Agent: Danny Baror, Baror International. (Oct.)