The burglar who tought he was bogart

R$ 65,90

Sinopse

This time out, the recently revived Bernie Rhodenbarr, Greenwich Village bookseller and dedicated burglar, is swept away by a gorgeous foreigner who comes into his store one day. They share a passion for old Bogart movies and are soon spending successive nights sharing popcorn at a Bogart film festival. There is even more to Ilona than meets the eye, however, as Bernie finds out after he retrieves a portfolio from a locked apartment for another customer. Soon his client is dead, and so is one of the client's partners, and Bernie is up to his eyes in a bizarre mystery involving exiles from a never-never land in Central Europe, retired CIA men and what may (or may not) be a fortune in ancient bearer bonds. The tale goes down smoothly, much helped by the usual ditsy conversations with Bernie's lesbian best friend Carolyn and some neat use of famous Bogart dialogue. The only thing that keeps this from equaling last year's Ted Williams in the Burglar series is the slightly too fanciful and tangled plot. But even middling Rhodenbarr has entertainment value to burn.

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Autor: Lawrence Block

Autor

LAWRENCE BLOCK

Lawrence Block Nascido em Buffalo, nos EUA, em 1938, graduou-se no Antioch College, em Ohio. É um dos maiores nomes do romance policial no mundo inteiro. Escreveu mais de quarenta obras, que lhe valeram o título de Grande Mestre dos Escritores de Mistério da América. Foi agraciado com vários prêmios nessa modalidade de ficção, entre os quais três Edgar Allan Poe, quatro Shamus, dois Maltese Falcon e um Nero Wolfe. Mora em Nova York.