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Yep, in The Eyes of the Overworld, we meet Cugel the Clever, literally the prototypical D&D rogue/thief. He steals from a wizard and is banished very far away for it. He eventually gets back to take revenge on the wizard and steps on a trap or something that banishes him even farther away the second time. His journey picks back up in Cugel's Saga, a sequel novel, where he goes on more zany adventures and eventually makes it back again as I recall.
Also worth noting, the first time he's flown across the world and dropped on a deserted beach, he heads in one direction, has a ton of adventures, and gets back. The second time he's left on the same beach he shrugs his shoulders and heads off in the other direction.
Man, I love Jack Vance.
The first time, he gets banished by the wizard by a spell that summons a giant bird to pick him up and take him across the continent. The second time, he takes down the wizard and tries to cast the same spell that banished him, but fucks it up and the bird just grabs him again.