The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00G2K8IPQ
Publish date: December 25th 2013
Publisher: Lawrence Block
Pages no: 250
Edition language: English
Series: Bernie Rhodenbarr (#11)
“The growth of intimacy is like that. First one gives off his best picture, the bright and finished product mended with bluff and falsehood and humor. Then more details are required and one paints a second portrait, and a third--before long the best lines cancel out--and the secret is exposed at las...
Bernie Rhodenbarr is approached by a customer with a proposition: steal a coveted first printing of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. When Bernie hands over the desired document, he’s then asked to steal a silver spoon adorned with the likeness of Benjamin Gwinnett, a background player in the si...