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The story line holds together without pause, slow spot, or error, but it's more than that. The development of character is the most engaging of any new-to-me writer I've read in a very long time. I was so sick of reading novels about alcoholics, and really, really tired of the hackneyed ruse of ordinary-person-gets-involved-because-he's-framed and ALSO of ordinary-person-gets-involved-to-save-a-loved-one. Yet Burke made both of these tired old saws brand, spanking new, breathed such amazing new urgency into character, plot, and setting that I could only drop my jaw and say, "WOW."

I don't know what the hell is up with his use of "Negro" for Black folks; the copyright is way too late for that shit. "Negroes and Texans" as if they are mutually exclusive? I hope he's caught a clue by now. I don't see this guy as a racist, though; too many other things in his narrative suggest otherwise.

Meanwhile, if you want the kind of remarkable thriller that wins the Edgar, get this book.I consider it a must-read!


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Black Cherry Blues A Dave Robicheaux Novel Dave Robicheaux Mysteries Paperback James L Burke 9780062206749 Books Reviews

“What time it is?” “For how come you burn them leafs under my window, you?” “While I was driving your truck, me, somebody pass a nail under the wheel and give it a big flat.”

This is Cajun English, in all its glory, and James Lee Burke plays it for all the brilliant local color it can add to Black Cherry Blues. For any lover of language, this alone is sufficient reward for reading this third novel in his outstanding Dave Robicheaux series focusing on crime on the margins of Louisiana society. And it’s not just Burke’s rendering of the local dialect. His narrative writing style commands attention, too. For example, “I’ll never forget that summer, though. It’s the cathedral I sometimes visit when everything else fails, when the heart seems poisoned, the earth stricken, and dead leaves blow across the soul’s window like bits of dried parchment.” In other words, this is no run-of-the-mill example of writing about crime. Burke’s prose often sings.

Dave Robicheaux, a twice-wounded junior officer who led a platoon in Vietnam, has left the New Orleans Police Department after an unhappy career as a detective. Now, he owns a bait-, boat-rental, and sandwich-shop on the bayou, where he lives with the six-year-old girl he calls his daughter — the explanation lies in a previous novel — and works as a private detective on the side. His wife, Annie, was brutally murdered in bed by two thugs who’d hoped to kill him instead. Her death constantly haunts him. She appears nightly in his dreams, robbing him of sleep.

Enter Dixie Lee Pugh, his freshman roommate in college, once a high-flying country music star, now washed-up after five ruined marriages and a stretch in prison for murder. His chance meeting with Robicheaux in a local bar sets in motion a series of increasingly violent events that involve his former partner in the police, the Las Vegas and Reno mob, and threaten both their lives. The action swings from Louisiana to the oil-fields of Montana, with suspense steadily mounting to a crashing conclusion.

For crime and mystery fans who can tolerate over-the-top violence, Black Cherry Blues is a terrific read. James Lee Burke knows how to write a thriller!
OVERALL
Lightweight but entertaining. Mostly succeeds at what it sets out to do, except when it comes to the female characters.

READING STATS
Started the book on Jan 13 2019. Completed on Jan 25 2019. Averaged 24 pages a day. I read the version, on my Oasis.

MY HIGHLIGHTED PASSAGES
Beware of spoilers, which are not marked

NOTES
Solid but lightweight Robicheaux southern gothic mystery yarn. After the crushing melodrama of the first two novels (note I'm not complaining here, that thick, juicy southern gothic melodrama is one of the main reasons I read the series), the lightweight nature of the book is a nice change-of-pace; especially since we're settling in for a 20+ book series here.

The mystery and plot of this one was a lot more clear-cut than the first two, whose plots were chock-full of ambiguous twists and turns and characters with murky motives. In retrospect, I think I prefer the moody, melodramatic murkiness of the first two (the True Detective TV series strikes a similar tone), but again the breeziness is a nice break after the intensity of the first two.

I’m docking an entire star for the embarrassingly paper-thin female characters, whose portrayal in the series this far is borderline misogynist. Now, those are strong words, so I should clarify that I don't sense any intention of this kind of animosity from the author; in fact, quite the opposite, I sense a genuine warmth and affection for his doomed cardboard damsels, which makes me think that maybe James Lee Burke should stick to writing male characters? Hopefully this is an aspect of the series that will improve as we go.
The story line holds together without pause, slow spot, or error, but it's more than that. The development of character is the most engaging of any new-to-me writer I've read in a very long time. I was so sick of reading novels about alcoholics, and really, really tired of the hackneyed ruse of ordinary-person-gets-involved-because-he's-framed and ALSO of ordinary-person-gets-involved-to-save-a-loved-one. Yet Burke made both of these tired old saws brand, spanking new, breathed such amazing new urgency into character, plot, and setting that I could only drop my jaw and say, "WOW."

I don't know what the hell is up with his use of "Negro" for Black folks; the copyright is way too late for that shit. "Negroes and Texans" as if they are mutually exclusive? I hope he's caught a clue by now. I don't see this guy as a racist, though; too many other things in his narrative suggest otherwise.

Meanwhile, if you want the kind of remarkable thriller that wins the Edgar, get this book.I consider it a must-read!