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Author
E.W. Hornung
Language
English
Genre
audiobook
by E.W. Hornung
W. Hornung. Read by Kristin Hughes.
“I'd tasted blood, and it was all over with me. Why should I work when I could steal? ” - A.
J. Raffles, The Ides of March. The Amateur Cracksman is the first collection of stories about A.
J. Raffles, gentleman, cricketer, and thief. After stopping his old school friend, Bunny Manders, from a desperate attempt at suicide, Raffles introduces the unsuspecting Bunny to a new way of earning a living, burglary.
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Recommended by my colleague and I see why. The kind of book that makes you feel smarter without making you feel like you're studying. Light touch, heavy impact.
Unodio having this for free is honestly unreal. I would have paid for this without hesitation. The quality is that good.
I stumbled onto The Amateur Cracksman randomly and honestly? Best accident ever. The way E.W. Hornung explains things — it just clicks. I've tried similar books and they always felt dry. This one actually kept me engaged start to finish.
Okay so I'm not usually big on audiobooks but a friend insisted I try this. Three chapters in and I was completely sold. The Amateur Cracksman is genuinely well-made — the content, the pacing, all of it.
