[net.books] Request for novels on bookshops and

lee@doc (12/22/85)

      You might try Isaac Asimov's "Murder at the ABA".  That's as
      in American Bookseller's Convention.  It wasn't all that good
      a mystery but it was passable.  It also had thinly disguised
      characters of Harlan Ellison and Asimov.


				    Lee Cochenour
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render@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU (12/23/85)

> I'm looking for novels (mysteries and SF especially, but not
> exclusively) that are about books/bookshops in some way.  

The Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries by Lawrence Block have book-related
themes, especially THE BURGLAR WHO STUDIED SPINOZA and THE BURGLAR WHO
LIKED TO QUOTE KIPLING.  They are fairly light, witty books with a slight
difference from most mysteries--the hero is a burglar and most of the cops
are crooked.  I recommend them to anyone who likes some humor with their
suspense.
                                     Hal Render
                                     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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