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From: johnnyr@ihu1m.UUCP (John R. Rosenberg)
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Subject: Re: The funniest book of the year
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Date: Fri, 29-Mar-85 09:36:59 EST
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> I have mentioned the work of Lawrence Block a couple of times before, but
> I've just finished the third book in his Evan Tanner series (The Thief Who
> Couldn't Sleep, The Cancelled Czech are the first two) and I found it to be
> simply the funniest book I've read in a long time.
> 
> This is a spy story of epic proportions. 
  +++ Plot Summary Follows+++
> Needless to say, he gets
> all of those into Russia somehow, only to find out that the lady love has
> 11 friends (hence the name of the book). Before he gets them all home, it
> gets even more outrageous.

But Chuq, you never told us the name of the book! Please do. It
sounds like a series I'd like to read, but the way my local
library works, if you don't have title, author and library of
congress number :-) they have a hard time finding a book. In fact,
they have the 2nd book of a Piers Anthony series, but not the first. But
that's another story.
 
John Rosenberg   AT&T-NS Lisle, Il
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