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Title: Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke ISBN: 0-7434-4919-3 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Lacks heart
Comment: Plot-wise and writing-wise, this book is as good as Burke's others. But it lacked heart, considering Dave's loss. For a guy who's pretty introspective (about his drinking and the war,etc.), he doesn't seem to give a second thought about Annie after she's killed. He talks a little (very little) about his guilt, but not about how he misses her and loved her. Instead he turns almost immediately to Robin, which just doesn't seem in character. It bothered me and got that fifth star knocked off.
Rating: 4
Summary: HEAVEN'S PRISONERS --A GOOD READ!!!!!
Comment: This is the second in the Dave Robicheaux series. I am trying to read them in order. Dave has quit the New Orleans police department and is running a fishing camp. He is married and very happy. Then a plane crash, and one of the bodies disappears. Dave is drawn back into the underworld he knows so well. This time he really pays for his involvement. Won't say how because it would take away from the reading. He goes at it with Bubba Rocque, a man he grew up with and has known for years. Bubba in one of the bad guys now. But, is it Bubba or his wife that is the worse. Burke writes so you can feel like you are there. You can see the people fishing and moving through the darkness. Except for his flashbacks I would give it a 5 rating but I don't care for those. A good book that will hold you attention.
Rating: 5
Summary: Terrific writing,wonderful characters
Comment: James lee Burke is one of thosed underrated masters of prose,forever delegated to second rung because of his genre. Heavens prisoners, the second in this series,is,in many ways, the best. Dave Robicheux, the alcoholic new Orleans cop,is out fishing when a single engine plane crashes into the lake,and everything changes.Mr. Burke's descriptions of alcoholic despair and rage are perhaps the finest,and least sentimental I have read. The violence is brutal and freakish in its intensity[as violence is],the dialogue is so well written that i feel for these characters,and want to read more. Though much Longer then Neon rain, the first entry,Mr. Burkes seems to hold the intensity through the narrative. From the lousiana locales to histroical comments on Cajuns, from Cletus Purcell{his sort of sidekick]to the suprising[at least for me] ending, Mr. Burke solidifes himself as one superb writer.And, fortunately, the series goes on ...
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Title: NEON RAIN : A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke ISBN: 0671756443 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Morning for Flamingos by James L. Burke ISBN: 0380713608 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 August, 1991 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: A Stained White Radiance by James L. Burke ISBN: 0380720477 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead by James L. Burke ISBN: 038072121X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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