dave Robicheaux Has Spent His Life Confronting The Age-old Adage That The Sins Of The Father Pass Onto The Son. but What Has His Mother's Legacy Left Him? dead To Him Since Youth, Mae Guillory Has Been Shuttered Away In The Deep Recesses Of Dave's Mind. he's Lived With The Fact That He Would Never Really Know What Happened To The Woman Who Left Him To The Devices Of His Whiskey-driven Father. but Deep Down, He Still Feels The Loss Of His Mother And Knows The Infinite Series Of Disappointments In Her Life Could Not Have Come To A Good End.
while Helping Out An Old Friend, Dave Is Stunned When A Pimp Looks At Him Sideways And Asks Him If He Is Mae Guillory's Boy, The Whore A Bunch Of Cops Murdered 30 Years Ago. the Pimp Goes On To Insinuate That The Cops Who Dumped Her Body In The Bayou Were On The Take And Continue To Thrive In The New Orleans Area.
dave's Search For His Mother's Killers Leads Him To The Darker Places In His Past And Solving This Case Teaches Him What It Means To Be His Mother's Son. purple Cane Road Has The Dimensions Of A Classic-passion, Murder, And Nearly Heartbreaking Poignancy-wrapped In A Wonderfully Executed Plot That Surpises From Start To Finish.
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in This Wildly Ambitious Dave Robicheaux Novel, Chock-full Of Local Louisiana Color, Dave's Long, Twisted Search For His Mother's Killers Leads Him To The Darker Places In His Own Past And Teaches Him What It Truly Means To Be His Mother's Son. Vintage Burke. Begs Comparison With Faulkner And Chandler. I'd Rate It A 5 Beignets. Couldn't Put It Down - A Must Read. But Ratings Were Lowered By Some Who Felt It Was Hard To Follow.
Categories:
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science Fiction
- Crime & Mystery
- Science Fiction
Publisher : Dell
Author : Burke, James Lee
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2001-05-08
Number Of Pages : 400
Binding : mass_market
ISBN-10 : 0440224047
ISBN-13 : 9780440224044
Item weight : 2.2 lb
Dimensions : 1.22 in x 4.25 in x 6.69 in
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