Discussion: James Lee Burke

white doves at morning

>>By chris


Why do I get the feeling, in reading Jolie Blon's Bounce, that I have read it before? It doesn't seem possible, if it was first release this past summer. I have not picked up a Burke novel for several months. I am pretty sure not this summer. And yet the story and the characters ring bells. Has this ever been published before now? Just a casual enquiry. I am still loving the book, even with the deja vu. - p

>>By paddyvic


Paddyvic,

if you have read everything by Mr Burke you will probably notice that he does recycle some of his anectdotes. However, inn no way is he telling the same story. I noticed after I read "The Convict and other stories" that samples of some of those earlier writings appear in his later novels. In my oppinion they do not hinder the story at all. I think the help to bring out the characters, the setting and the overall theme.

>>By Dean


No comment about this writer in five years? Must not be any Burke fans among Florkers.

>>By Doug Phillips


I, for one, AM a fan, still!

>>By dreamsailer


As are we all!

Yes, I think Burke did recycle many of his Dave Robicheaux (sp?) characters over the years - in the sense that many of them drifted in and out of stories in which they did not play primary characters. Perhaps that's one of the things I like about this series, the fact that there always seems to be a familiarity about the characters and the geography.

As a recommendation (for you staunch Robicheaux fans), the audiobook series with actor Will Patton is excellent. Listen to it once and you will immediately recognize the true voice of Dave Robicheaux.

>>By mikehayward


Getcha Robicheaux fish and bait shop gear here:
http://www.jamesleeburke.com/robicheaux_gear.html
$22 isn't too much for an embroidered baseball cap, is it? (Don't answer that question.)

>>By mikehayward


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