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Title: CADILLAC JUKEBOX CASSETTE by James Lee Burke, Will Patton ISBN: 0-671-57365-9 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (22 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Burke is all over the place; not up to his usual standards
Comment: Yes, James Lee Burke is a terrific wordsmith who can bring the Cajun backwoods and bayous alive for readers, but this particular work is quite simply, a sprawling, literary hodge-podge. The story is loosely woven to the point of being chaotic--Dave Robicheaux skitters here, there, and everywhere, including TWO almost gratuitous mini-jaunts to Mexico. The characters are "colorful," but in some cases, such as that of Aaron Crown, the eccentricity deteriorates into cartoon-like caricature. There are various smalltime gangsters who are hard to keep straight, there is a politician's wife who turns up periodically to strip off her clothes, taunt Robicheaux sexually, and then disappear in a cloud of vituperative hissing. And there are more than a few digressions and sidebars to the story that don't ever seem quite justified--it's all a bit much, methinks, and overall it makes for a story that never really hangs together adequately.
Still, Burke is a good enough writer that it's a hard book to put down once started. I think he has done better in others of his mysteries, however.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not his best, but very intense reading nevertheless.
Comment: Although Burke appears to have fallen into a formulaic trap with the Robicheaux series, this entry redeems itself with its intense plotting and the carefully wrought prose his readers have come to take for granted. While the plot involves one of New Iberia's "old" families, a woman with whom Dave once had a brief fling, and New Orleans' mobsters, all familiar ingredients of past books in this series, his addition of a 28 year old murder of a civil rights leader by a crusty old misfit added zing to an otherwise tired story.
The ending seemed to forewarn of more than an end to this novel, however, perhaps an end to the series itself. Soon James Lee Burke will introduce a new character with a setting in East Texas. Alas for those of us who have come to love the Cajun detective with all of his strengths and failings. Although Burke is such an accomplished writer that his readers will no doubt learn to love the new hero as well, I will miss the people and landscape of Louisiana
Rating: 4
Summary: Swamp Cajun action!
Comment: Well, this was my first Burke book, and to say the least, it probably won't be my last. I was introduced to Detective Dave Robicheaux for the first time, and I enjoyed it. In this mystery you find that the question is about Aaron Crown, and why so many people want him dead. Join Dave as well as Clete Purcel as he squares off with Budford and Karen LaRose, tries to find out information about Mookie Zerrang!
So sit back, relax and enjoy some crawfish and something cold to drink along with this book as you read some swampy Cajun action all around the bayou! Makes an interesting read, and leaves you wanting to read more by James Lee Burke! Well done, noble mon.
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Title: Dixie City Jam by James Lee Burke ISBN: 0786889004 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 01 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Burning Angel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries (Paperback)) by James Lee Burke ISBN: 0786889047 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Sunset Limited (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries (Paperback)) by James Lee Burke ISBN: 0440223989 Publisher: Island Pub. Date: 06 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Black Cherry Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James L. Burke ISBN: 0380712040 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 December, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke ISBN: 0440224047 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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