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by James Lee Burke (Author) "It would be easy to say we resented Earl Deitrich because he was rich ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix; New Ed edition (15 Jun 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752834193
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752834191
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 272,154 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Whether he's writing about the Louisiana Bayou Country (in his Dave Robicheaux books) or the Texas hill towns around Austin (in his series about former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland), James Lee Burke has deep roots in the American soil that link him to some of the great adventure writers of the past such as Jack London and Mark Twain. Like them, Burke writes novels illustrating how failure shapes man much more than success does.

Central to Burke's second Billy Bob novel (Cimarron Rose was his first) is Wilbur Pickett. Wilbur had a brief moment of glory as a rodeo cowboy before sliding into a downward cycle of luckless enterprises. He ends up labouring for a wealthy family, the Dietrichs, in the Texas town of Deaf Smith. The Dietrichs accuse Wilbur of stealing some bearer bonds, and Billy Bob--now a defence lawyer--reluctantly take his case. He is hesitant (because he idolises Peggy Jean Dietrich), and for good reason: Billy Bob discovers that her husband Earl may be involved in shady, even violent, business practices.

Other ghosts from the past also haunt Billy Bob: he accidentally killed his former partner on a drugs raid in Mexico and still hears his voice. And then there's Holland's illegitimate son Lucas, who is growing up with problems of his own. The weight of all this back-story might overwhelm a lesser writer, but Burke manages to make it seem as natural as the soft wind that stirs the tumbleweed in the town of Deaf Smith. --Dick Adler --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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'Lee Burke's thrillers are like no one else's, Will Patton declaims the words as thought they are poetry, amid bouts of slide guitar.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Another dramatic and powerful slice of life in the south, 25 Nov 1999
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The defining element of all of Burke's novels are the demons that drive the central characters and the compromising and dangerous positions they find themselves in as a result.

This is another very violent book, in which pathological villains and small-time thugs exercise their frustrations on the weak and powerless, driven by greed and a lust for power.

Burke recreates a highly vivid Texan atmosphere and you can almost taste the dust in your mouth at the book's tense moments. His characterisation is also spot on, and it is testament to Burke's understaning of human strength and weaknesses that he can portray the good, the bad, the ugly and even the mad with such clarity and empathy.

I miss Robicheaux, and hope that Burke returns to him with the next novel, but Billy Bob is growing into an interesting character, even if perhaps he is little too Robciheaux.

While this book is not quite out of Burke's top drawer it is very close and I am sure that with every Billy Bob appearance both the narrative, the atmosphere and the cast will improve.

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