Purple Cane Road (Burke James Lee)(Paperback) - diskuze

''When James Lee Burke writes, the little birdies sing, the sun comes out and old men learn to dance again. That''s how good he is. And now he''s back . . . Purple Cane Road may be the finest novel Burke has written'' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY''At times Burke''s writing and atmosphere remind one of William Faulkner; at other moments Raymond Carver. I cannot think of much higher praise that can be accorded a novel'' THE TIMES''No crime writer in America can hold a pen to Burke''s mastery of style and powers of evocation and empathy'' GUARDIAN''PURPLE CANE ROAD is not only a brilliant mystery, with an astonishing denouement, but a moving evocation of nostalgia and pain set in a marvellously described location'' SCOTSMANWhen Detective Dave Robicheaux discovers disturbing secrets from his mother''s past, he embarks on a journey through a murky world of vice, politics and murder.Robicheaux has been told that his mother, Mae, was a hooker and ended her life drowned in a mud puddle by two cops working for the Mob. As Robichaeux and his partner hunt for the killers, they hook up with a door-to-door salesman turned state governor, a psychotic hit-man, and the owner of the mansion at Purple Cane Road - who knows rather too much about Robichaeux''s wife . . .Praise for one of the great American crime writers, James Lee Burke:''James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.'' Michael Connelly''A gorgeous prose
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