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30 de jul. de 2007 · He delivered with The Tin Roof Blowdown. In Burke's fiction, the devastated New Orleans becomes a kind of archetypal backdrop against which he can explore his most persistent theme: the pitting of ...
1 de ene. de 2007 · The Tin Roof Blowdown - SIGNED Limited Edition. Hardcover – Import, January 1, 2007. by James Lee Burke (Author) 4.5 1,882 ratings. Book 16 of 24: Dave Robicheaux. See all formats and editions. James Lee Burke's latest Dave Robicheaux novel is a powerful evocation of Hurricane Katrina and its devastating effects on his beloved New Orleans.
- James Lee Burke
12 de ago. de 2007 · And that’s just what he delivers in THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN (Simon & Schuster, $26), a hard-boiled cops-and-robbers yarn that puts a human face on anonymous acts of good and evil in the chaos and ...
27 de feb. de 2018 · The Tin Roof Blowdown may be Burke's most ambitious novel because he places this crime story against the backdrop of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, with emphasis not just on the forces of nature but also on the even more shocking damage caused by human greed and violence, by racial hate and by political cynicism and bureaucratic indifference…The crime story is as solid and well-written ...
23 de jul. de 2007 · Book Review: The Tin Roof Blowdown. By James Lee Burke 384 pages. $26. Simon & Schuster. In his latest novel James Lee Burke bears witness to "all the events that had turned a gingerbread ...
21 de jul. de 2022 · THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN is, inevitably, sadder and angrier than previous Robicheaux novels. We always knew James Lee Burke was a master craftsman of the crime genre. This proves him to be more than that - The Times. This crime writer wears Faulkner's mantle now - Boyd Tonkin, INDEPENDENT. Brutal, lyrical and brilliant - GUARDIAN
17 de jun. de 2008 · As James Lee Burke's new novel, The Tin Roof Blowdown, begins, Hurricane Katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe. The power grid of the city has been destroyed, New Orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society. There is no law, no order, no sanctuary for the ...
- James Lee Burke
