Mystery
The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling
1993·156 pages
An used bookstore owner and part-time burglar steals a rare anti-Semitic Kipling poem but wakes up framed for murder, solving the whodunit with humor and bookish wit.
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An used bookstore owner and part-time burglar steals a rare anti-Semitic Kipling poem but wakes up framed for murder, solving the whodunit with humor and bookish wit.
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Bernie Rhodenbarr has gone legit – almost – as the new owner of a used bookstore in New York's Greenwich Village. Of course, dusty old tomes don't always turn a profit, so to make ends meet, Bernie's forced, on occasion, to indulge in his previous burglary. Besides which, he likes it.Now a collector is offering Bernie an opportunity to combine his twin passions by stealing a very rare and very bad book-length poem from a rich man's library.The heist goes off without a hitch. The delivery of the ...
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Sexual content
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Murder victim is a kinky courtesan; drugging and setup imply sexual elements in the mystery.
Violence & gore
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Murder by gunshot; protagonist framed with weapon in hand amid threat of violence.
Profanity
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Mild language consistent with light crime fiction tone.
Substance use
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Protagonist drugged during delivery of stolen item.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Primary supporting character is a lesbian dog groomer and close friend.
Religious content
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Central plot involves an anti-Semitic narrative poem.
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Anti-Semitic poem drives the theft and investigation.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Murder and framing; references to kinky sexual elements around victim.
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