Everything you need to understand or teach The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza by Lawrence Block.
The social concerns, which serve as background rather than foreground, include the corruption and dissolution of urban life. In the Burglar series, a central theme is the skill of the professional, the individual who is differentiated from the masses by his cleverness and the special abilities that he has developed and perfected. The individual, Bernie Rhodenbarr, is a skilled burglar and safe-cracker, someone at the top of the criminal...