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...THIEF OF TIME...
Some people read Tony Hillerman for the murders. He is, after all, president of the Mystery Writers of America. Others read him for his human interest: in A Thief of Time, his detective, Joe Leaphorn, is coping with his wife's death and his impending retirement. But Hillerman's most striking virtue is his evocation of the Southwest: the barren, craggy land and the complex social interactions between whites and Native Americans and among mutually mistrustful Navajo, Hopi and Apache. Here the plot centers on traditionalists who want to preserve ancient burial places, anthropologists and archaeologists who seek to study...
...invents an alter ego , character who prods the legally lamed Ian Hamilton to get on with his project despite the court's restrictions on paraphrasing. He also takes the liberty of imagining what Salinger might say to him: "It is you I hate. You are a snooper and a thief...
...this guideline, Gen. Manuel "Pineapple" Noriega, the thief-king of Panama, is not an honest politician. True, he is many things besides. He is a drug-dealer, murderer, petty tyrant, arms dealer, money launderer, and thief. All and all, an unsavory character. Not a strong candidate for canonization...
...effort to convince the thief to return the sign, Spitzer said in the letter, "I'll find a new 'no parking' sign and give it gladly to anyone who'll bring the gate and the sign back, if it's the sign that's wanted...