Jesus Out To Sea
$56.16
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2009
Summary
James Lee Burke is in a class of his own for his highly acclaimed, award-winning crime fiction, most notably the Dave Robicheaux series set in Louisiana. Now the very best of his recent short stories have been gathered together in one collection.
Burke paints a vivid picture of 1940s and 1950s Texas and Louisiana, from heartbreaking childhood reminiscences to death on an oil drilling barge and betrayal within a rock ‘n’ roll band. And as you would expect of a writer who cares pas…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753824085 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753824086 |
| Author: | James Lee Burke |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2009 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 132mm x 17mm |
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“Powerful, evocative, emotional and wonderfully well written… eleven stories that are gems and written by a master”
If you haven’t yet discovered the great crime novels of James Lee Burke, you’re in for a treat - EVENING STANDARD - David Sexton
Burke evokes people and landscape through a mixture of dialect and compelling descriptive prose - BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTHPowerful, evocative, emotional and wonderfully well written… eleven stories that are gems and written by a master - HUDDERSFIELD DAILY EXAMINERAbout The Author
James Lee Burke
James Lee Burke is the author of many previous novels, many featuring Detective Dave Robicheaux. He won the Edgar Award in 1997 for Cimarron Rose, while Black Cherry Blues won the Edgar in 1989 and Sunset Limited was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger in 1998. He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Missoula, Montana and New Iberia, Louisiana.
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