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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: Lawrence Block
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Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 11:04:08 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 28 11:04:08 1984
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I've only read two of the Bernie Rhodenbarr "burglar" series, and I'd like
to second the motion -- these really are very good, and are "mystery" novels
in the old standard sense, i.e. providing great characters and an
interesting plot with a healthy dose of the non-real world.  Bernie has a
rather interesting moral code, and a pleasantly eccentric background, but he
avoids the "slick super-burglar" image surrounding other fictional burglars
(no Alexander Monday here, folks (Thank Nifflim)).  One wonders where Block
got the background info on burglars; it certainly feels authentic, though I
haven't the slightest idea what a real burglar uses (The Napoleon of Crime
DIRECTS, you know... :-) ).

          "There *are* standards.  If you can't see one, you *make* one and
	   stick to it come Hell or high water -- until you see a BETTER one."

						-John Gaunt

					Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
					John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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