New book with remainder mark to bottom edges.
Additional Description
America's favorite bookseller-by-day, burglar-by-night has returned to canvass the posh pads of New York's wealthiest in the Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian. The fifth entry in Lawrence Block's popular series, it's the book readers have been waiting for to complete their Bernie Rhodenbarr collections.
For antiquarian book dealer Rhodenbarr, rare first editions are his pride, but illegal entry will always be his passion. Hey, a man's allowed one vice, after all. A jobappraising the private library of one Gordon Onderdonk, a Manhattan millionaire, gives Bernie a chance to check out the tempting personal holdings of the rich and famous. An easy enough job for a light-fingered thief, right?
Never say easy when it comes to Bernie, especially now that he's learned his best friend Carolyn's feline has been catnapped. The ransom is a priceless Mondrian painting currently hanging in the Hewlitt Museum. Why should Bernie deprive the public of such a rare work of art when a perfectly accessible Mondrian is also decorating that same Mr. Onderdonk's wall?
Complications ensue when Bernie's second entry into Onderdonk's apartment finds the Mondrian missing, a dead body in its place, and a voluptuous stranger with designs of her own hiding in the dark. All of which proves irresistible to our intrepid burglar, except for the fact that he's been framed for all these nasty crimes and has to prove himself innocent. Which means rescuing Carolyn's cat from a mad kidnapper with a taste for abstract Dutch art.
Lawrence Block knows how to keep his readers on the edge with his off-the-wall characters and impeccable ear for dialogue. Twist after twist, laugh after laugh, The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian is Bernie Rhodenbarr at his most impressionable. Here is a delightful work of art from a true modern master. - from the blurb.
Book Information
- Author : Block, Lawrence
- Publisher : Dutton
- Book Condition
: Near fine - Jacket Condition : As New
- Book Type : Hard Cover
- Published Location : New York
- Published Year : 1998
- Book Edition : First Edition
- Book Number : 052594382X
- ISBN : 052594382X