The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian
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Narrated by:
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Richard Ferrone
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By:
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Lawrence Block
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Named a Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America, best-selling author Lawrence Block has won almost every major mystery award, including three Edgar and four Shamus Awards. His action-packed plot and irresistible characters, dramatically performed by Richard Ferrone, make this audiobook an irresistible work of art.
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- Annie
- 19-02-24
The Fun of it All
this story did confuse me - I like to sherlock my way through stuff....boringly guessing left right & fishcakes
I loved this - as usual thank you block for helping me get through Mudane stuff with your writing as my Guiding Light
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- P1969
- 29-03-13
Hardboiled Wit
I'm a fan of Lawrence Block so I don't mind that all Burglar novels are plotted to the same formula: burglary is arranged and executed, then something goes wrong (usually involving, or resulting in, a corpse), Bernie has to go underground for a while (often in the company of a lovely dame) and eventually solves it all. It's not as dark as Chandler or as violent as Hammett, but Block's New York is also full of bent cops and crooked middle-class people. Not much left of the credibility of the American dream. It's not really the plotting that's exciting but the wit of hard-boiled prose. It's the amiability of this slightly weather-beaten guy who's good at burglary, who is intelligent enough to entertain serious readers since he, too, reads, and whose best buddy is a lesbian with a dog-grooming parlour; all of these traits make for a companionable listening experience. The dialogue sparkles and the narration jogs along at a good pace. What's not to like? Richard Ferrone has exactly the right intonation and timbre to give Bernie the edge the prose demands. Really enjoyable.
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- Norma Miles
- 10-02-23
"They've kidnapped Archie Goodwin."
When Bernie Rhodenbarr's friend and dog washer extraordinaire, Caroline, told him her cat had been kidnapped, he was only one way to ransom Archie: steal a painting. But that proved even more tricky than expected for the second hand bookseller and burglar.
Richard Ferrone narrates as Bernie in this even more convoluted than usual plotting filled with apparent coincidences, twists and a couple of murders, all bound together with wit, great dialogue and obsevations.
Always a fun read, and recommend
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