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The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep | Lawrence Block

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Evan Michael Tanner hasn't slept in more than a decade—not since a small piece of battlefield shrapnel invaded his skull and obliterated his brain's sleep center. Still, he's managed to find numerous inventive ways to occupy his waking hours. Tanner is a card-carrying member of hundreds of international organizations, from the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Order to the Flat Earth Society—not because he believes in their myriad lost causes, he's simply a joiner by nature. Besides, it gives him something to do. The Russians think Tanner is a CIA operative on a covert mission. The CIA is certain he's a Soviet agent. Actually, he's in Turkey pursuing a fortune in hidden Armenian gold. But Tanner's up for anything, including a little spycraft, if it helps him reach his big payday. And if need be, he'll even start a small revolution . . .

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The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep | Lawrence Block

Such a weird book! Evan Tanner hears about some gold hidden from the Nazis in Turkey. So he plans to go find it. He uses contacts from strange groups he's been a member of to manage his quest. Nothing, of course, goes as planned. Instead he's involved in revolutions and murders and secret plans. How will he manage to survive?

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The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep | Lawrence Block

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Incoherent, bonkers fluff from Block circa 1966.

Wearing its Bond influences on its sleeve Tanner travels throughout Europe in a mad plot to recover lost gold while stirring up trouble and literally fomenting a revolution.

As mad as an attaché case full of frogs, but somehow charming in its daftness.

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