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Here's a first-person account of a petty thief, Bex. He's a bit of a geezer, who, with long-time partner-in-crime Ollie, just about gets by on the money he makes from house-breaking in small-time suburbia. Bex talks and walks us through a dozen noteworthy jobs and give us his thoughts on life, love and nicking.

Includes an exclusive recorded interview with the author.

©2001 Danny King (P)2006 W F Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Literature & Fiction Crime Fiction

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"An absolutely hilarious, laugh out loud book." (Bruce Reynolds)

"Danny King is one of the few writers who can make me laugh out loud." (David Baddiel)

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dave john, again, does a great narrative. im a big fan of his and his narration of kings books are always a pleasure to listen to.
the story itself lacks a plot and direct but still funny and interesting. The swearing can seem a bit ott but hey...it is a king book so to be expected. all in all, not my favourite of dannys books but still worth getting.

worth the time

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I bought this as I wanted a light-hearted, British read, and The Burglar Diaries was indeed light-hearted, well-written, British, and brilliantly narrated to boot.

I think that this might be a better book to read, as opposed to "listen to". I say this because I found the constant swearing a bit much. I don't have a problem with swearing, but if you took out all the "effing, c***ing" and so on, I think that the book would be a quarter shorter. It just jarred every time the narrator swore and distracted me from listening.

In terms of content, I thought that the philosophy of the burglar was interesting and enjoyed the insight into the character's thought processes and think this is a great read or listen if you can get past swearing.

A fun listen but too many "f***" and *c***" for me

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Danny King does it again.
I loved the hitman diaries and this is just as well written and will have you laughing, chuckling and giggling before you realise everyone else is watching you.

Another Brilliant listen

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more f-words then me gran after three glasses of gin, but alot more fun, just like the other diaries. its a off the wall look a peoples lifes, hope they do the rest.

more f-words then me gran

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Narrated well and a truly funny and believe able account of a burgulas life some nice little cross overs from other books too!

Comedy gold

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