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Title: The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep: An Evan Tanner Novel by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0-451-19403-9 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Yawn
Comment: Interesting and funny at times but overall it put me to sleep.
Rating: 5
Summary: The start of something beautiful
Comment: The first Evan Tanner Novel, where our hero, a bit of a con-man and thief, who has a disorder which prevents him from sleeping, accidentally finds himself on an espionage mission.
While the later novels are spy stories with satirical overtones, this one is a crime caper with spies in pursuit and a comedy of errors in progress.
I can't recommend the series highly enough. It's literate, it's funny, and the commentary on European ethnic nationalism is still extremely valid.
Rating: 3
Summary: Block introduces Evan Tanner
Comment: My first introduction to Lawrence Block's Evan Tanner was in his 1998 book, "Tanner on Ice." The spy-hero had been absent for twenty-five years was brought back by Block. There were seven previous novels, all out-of-print and now available in paperback. "The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep," was Block's first Evan Tanner mystery. We learn early in this first work Tanner had his sleep center destroyed during the war and therefore no longer needs to sleep. He spends all of his time awake that may or may not be to his benefit. Tanner probably never planned on being a spy but here in our first encounter with him he led a revolution in Macedonia treks from Ireland to the continent and across Europe to Turkey in search for missing gold. Tanner is an interesting character although not as humorous as Bernie Rhodenbarr in Block's The Burglar who series or a serious as Matt Scudder in the long standing series with that New York City based detective. None the less "The Thief who Couldn't Sleep," is pleasant to read. I am pleased that the powers-that-be decided to reprint the entire Evan Tanner series. I am looking forward to the others, which I was able to order from Amazon.com.
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Title: Tanner's Twelve Swingers: An Evan Tanner Mystery (Evan Tanner Mystery Series, 3) by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0451198336 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Tanner on Ice: An Evan Tanner Novel (Tanner Mystery Series) by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0451194101 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Canceled Czech: An Evan Tanner Mystery by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0451194047 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian: A Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0451180763 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Burglars Can't Be Choosers by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0060582553 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 24 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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