The Lost Get-Back Boogie
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780786881017 (0786881011)
Publish date: October 19th 1995
Publisher: Hyperion
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
I'm just amazed at the ability of James Lee Burke to create characters who have such depth as Ivy Paret the ex-con who served his time in Angola (Louisiana) and is trying to begin a new life far away from his home town. All of Burke's guys, his characters, think about right and wrong; about trying ...
The Lost Get Back Boogie is a slap of cold water in the face. Burke writes with the cultural empathy of Tony Hillerman, the passion for nature and the environment of a Edward Abby, and the socio-psychological suspense of a James Lehane. This is literary suspense at its finest. While Burke is often c...
This book did not get particularly good reviews when it was first published (it's pre-Robichaeux and this edition is a reprint), but I liked it very much. As the book opens, Iry Paret has just been paroled from prison, having been convicted of manslaughter. Because the man was trying to cut him open...
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