- Hardcover: 752 pages
- Publisher: Orion; paperback / softback edition (5 Dec 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752853538
- ISBN-13: 978-0752853536
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 14.8 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 100,499 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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DIXIE CITY JAM When a Nazi submarine is discovered lying in sixty feet of water off the Louisiana coast, some troubled ghosts are ready to be released. A local businessman is offering Detective Dave Robicheaux big money to bring the wreck to the surface, but he is not the only one after the submarine and its cargo. A new spirit of hatred is abroad, and its embodiment is stalking Robicheaux's wife... BURNING ANGEL When Sonny Marsallas entrusts a mysterious notebook to Dave Robicheaux, a series of violent events is set in train. What did Sonny's girlfriend know that resulted in her murder? What are Sonny's connections with the Mob that finally lead them to send a hitman after Dave? BURNING ANGEL outstrips its crime thriller label to produce a rich, sardonic and terrifying portrayal of contemporary America. PURPLE CANE ROAD Detective Dave Robicheaux embarks on a painful journey to a murky past, when he his told that his mother, Mae, was a hooker and ended her life drowned in a puddle by two cops working for the Mob. Dave learns to confront and accept his mistakes as he tries to track down his mother's killers and bring them to justice.
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James Lee Burke is the author of nineteen previous novels, including eleven featuring Detective Dave Robicheaux. He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Missoula, Montana and New Iberia, Louisiana.
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Not many people believe this, but in the early months of 1942 Nazi submarines used to lie in wait at the mouth of the Mississippi for the tankers that sailed without naval escort from the oil refineries at Baton Rouge into the Gulf of Mexico. Read the first page
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WJames Lee Burke became one of my favourite authors after I discovered his novel Purple Cane Road whilst on holiday. The other 2 novels in this collection are just as good and have great stories, characters and some of the best descriptive prose I have ever read. Highly recommended.
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Like all Lee Burke's books this is more than a thriller. To a guy living in the grey, cold , bleak London winter his evocations of Louisiana are magical. His characteristion is excellent, his plots are superb. I don't know whether police and politics are as corrupt in the south as he portrays them - but they sure make a powerful story. I think, as in the story of the Nazi sub, his own life and experience bring much of the vivid detail to his books.
My advice - read them all!
My advice - read them all!
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Not a Bad Thriller Writer....But
22 Jan 2010
Format:Hardcover
Burke is a fairly good yarn spinner with a couple of major weaknesses that make his novels rather tiresome after you get into the Dave Robicheaux series.
1. Robicheaux's endless and repetitive dream sequences and conversations with the dead that the author indulges in at some point in almost every chapter of every book. It becomes even more of a tired cliche than Lee Child's "Reacher said nothing."
2. Burke is obviously one of those who will never forgive Ronald Reagan for winning the Cold War. By the time he brings his characters and stories into the 1990's he has to labor pondorously and hard to fit his archaic 1980 world view into the context of his novels current events.
1. Robicheaux's endless and repetitive dream sequences and conversations with the dead that the author indulges in at some point in almost every chapter of every book. It becomes even more of a tired cliche than Lee Child's "Reacher said nothing."
2. Burke is obviously one of those who will never forgive Ronald Reagan for winning the Cold War. By the time he brings his characters and stories into the 1990's he has to labor pondorously and hard to fit his archaic 1980 world view into the context of his novels current events.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
As far as it goes
17 Nov 2009
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This book included three novels I had never read. As far as I have read so far, it was a great investment even if only the one novel I am reading is all it contained.
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