Series: Bernie Rhodenbarr
by Author Lawrence Block
The Burglar in the Library (2007)
Highly-enjoyable (and funny!) read – though perhaps my enjoyment in it stemmed more from the dialogues/ banter between the characters and the way Bernie’s mind worked rather than from how the plot eventually unfurled.To get it out of the way: no, I really was not all that enthused with how the tr...
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza (1998)
This is something like the fourth in the series featuring bookstore owner and lock-picking burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr (I'm not sure how many there are in total, but I know it's at least 10). I do know every one I've read so far has been quite entertaining.Honestly, the plots are pretty much same o...
The Burglar in the Rye (2001)
The Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries, as readers of my reviews should know by now, is my my go-to series when I'm not in the mood to be disappointed. Sometimes it's right after I've read something truly awful -which, thank goodness, doesn't happen often. Other times, it's exactly the opposite; I've ju...
The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams (2005)
After reading a later book in the series ("The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart"), I decided to read an earlier one. In this case, the low-hanging fruit proved to be one that also set up certain key facts in the life and "career" of the protagonist.Like the previous sample, I found it to be a f...
The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling (2005)
Τρίτο βιβλίο της σειράς με ήρωα τον συμπαθητικό διαρρήκτη Μπέρνι Ρόντενμπαρ και τρίτο που διαβάζω. Μου φάνηκε ελάχιστα κατώτερο σε σχέση με τα δυο πρώτα βιβλία της σειράς, αλλά και πάλι μου άρεσε πολύ. Ο Μπέρνι έχει αγοράσει ένα παλαιοβιβλιοπωλείο σε ένα κεντρικό σημείο της Νέας Υόρκης και πουλάε...
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian (2005)
This particular story was a little hard to follow, but funny and informative as usual. And talking about "as usual", just about every Bernie Rhodenbarr book I've read so far can be summed up in a few sentences...Bernie: *burgles some unlucky bastard*Some unlucky bastard: *turns up dead*Ray: Darn ...
Burglars Can't Be Choosers (2004)
Readers wanting to follow the exploits of a bad-boy lead character usually have to choose between hit men, fixers, or other hard cases who generally seek to solve problems through the application of force. Back in the late 1970s, however, Lawrence Block introduced a less-bad bad boy: gentleman bu...
The Burglar in the Closet (2006)
This book inspired one of the greatest head-scratchers in the history of film adaptations when Hollywood decided that Burglar would feature Whoopi Goldberg playing a white male and Bobcat Goldthwait would be perfect as a lesbian dog groomer.I got to meet Lawrence Block while he was on a book tour...