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Name: Burglars Can't be Choosers

Author: Lawrence Block
Year: 1977
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Humor, Mystery, Fiction, Crime

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ISBNs:
9780060582555
9780525939436
0060582553
0525939431

Bernie Rhodenbarr is a personable chap, a good neighbor, a passable poker player. His chosen profession, however, might not sit well with some. Bernie is a burglar, a good one, effortlessly lifting valuables from the not-so-well-protected abodes of well-to-do New Yorkers like a modern-day Robin Hood. (The poor, as Bernie would be the first to tell you, alas, have nothing worth stealing.)

He's not perfect, however; he occasionally makes mistakes. Like accepting a paid assignment from a total stranger to retrieve a particular item from a rich man's apartment. Like still being there when the cops arrive. Like having a freshly slain corpse lying in the next room, and no proof that Bernie isn't the killer.

Now he's really got his hands full, having to locate the true perpetrator while somehow eluding the police -- a dirty job indeed, but if Bernie doesn't do it, who will?

This book is part of the "Bernie Rhodenbarr" series. Here are some other books from this series:

"The Burglar on the Prowl"
First published in 2001
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"The Burglar in the Rye"
First published in 1998
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"The Burglar In the Library"
First published in 1997
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"The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart"
First published in 1995
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"The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams"
First published in 1994
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"The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian"
First published in 1983
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"The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza"
First published in 1980
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"The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling"
First published in 1979
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"The Burglar in the Closet"
First published in 1978
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"The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons"
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