title: The Thief Maker: A Novel
author:  D H Schleicher 
description: &quot;If anything positive emerged out of the mountain of dreck that 9/11 spawned...it was<i>The Thief Maker</i>...Towards the end all bets are off and suddenly the post 9/11 world has turned to Bedlam...The climactic build-up is a shrieking anxious ride that gets thick with complexity and before you know it you&apos;re being hit in the head with a dynamite denoument...an inventive and stylistically nihilistic novel...Schleicher wonderfully captured a lot of nuances of modern-day America spot-on...Schleicher draws the reader into this smartly crafted parallel universe-one that is remarkably like our own world.&quot; - Kent Manthie for<i>Reviewer Magazine</i><br /><i></i><br /><div><b></b></div><div><b>Awards:</b></div><div></div>* Finalist - 2008 Eric Hoffer Award for Independent Books<div>* Honorable Mention - Genre Fiction Category - Writer&apos;s Digest 15th Annual International Self-Published Book Awards</div>
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