Bernie Rhodenbarr is back and not before time, for his 10th and latest caper. Bernie Rhodenbarr doesnt have to try for hipness, because hip is in the very air he breathes. The Burglar is just adorable. He is cute without being cuddly, he is witty without looking like hes striving for it, and he is rakish without possessing a single mean streak in his lithe and sinuous body. And his language - I suppose we should say Lawrence Blocks language - is dry and droll and elegant - The Guardian