Purple Cane Road

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  Purple Cane Road James Lee Burke Orion £12.99, pp341 Buy it at BOL The Big Blowdown George Pelecanos Serpent's Tail £10, pp313 Strange Police Reg Gadney Faber & Faber £9.99, pp346 Buy it at BOL Windchill Summer Norris Church Mailer Fourth Estate £9.9 ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• Purple Cane Road By James Lee Burke

  Purple Cane Road, set in the sultry, shimmering heat of the southern Louisiana bayou country, is James Lee Burke's absorbing, evocative addition to his best-selling Dave Robicheaux series. Abruptly confronted with information about his mother's unsee ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

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  This was the first James Lee Burke mystery I read. Picked it up on a lark; it sat on a shelf for a couple of years. Finally, I decided to crack it open. From the first page, I was hooked. Burke's writing is so evocative, you feel the humidity and smell the bayou. I've become a devoted Dave Robichea ... (continue)

  This was the first James Lee Burke mystery I read. Picked it up on a lark; it sat on a shelf for a couple of years. Finally, I decided to crack it open. From the first page, I was hooked. Burke's writing is so evocative, you feel the humidity and smell the bayou. I've become a devoted Dave Robicheaux fan ever since.

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• English Books
• Hardcover 352 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0752825577
• ISBN-13: 9780752825571
• Publisher: Orion
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2000
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français

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