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Burke, James Lee

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0786860197 ISBN 13 : 9780786860197

Editeur : Hyperion, 1994

Synopsis

Book by Burke James Lee

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed. (Michael Connelly)

A gorgeous prose stylist. (Stephen King)

Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced. (Daily Mail)

The gentle giant of US crime writers, Burke always ensures that his Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux grapples with hot topics as much as with his own inner demons. (i newspaper)

There are not many crime writers about whom one might invoke the name of Zola for comparison, but Burke is very much in that territory. His stamping ground is the Gulf coast, and one of the great strengths of his work has always been the atmospheric background of New Orleans and the bayous. His big, baggy novels are always about much more than the mechanics of the detective plot; his real subject, like the French master, is the human condition, seen in every situation of society. (Independent)

The king of Southern noir. (Daily Mirror)

His lyrical prose, his deep understanding of what makes people behave as they do, and his control of plot and pace are masterly. (Sunday Telegraph)

One of the finest American writers. (Guardian)

When it comes to literate, pungently characterised American crime writing, James Lee Burke has few peers. (Daily Express)

Quatrième de couverture :

A DAVE ROBICHEAUX NOVEL: 7

'367 pages of dynamite' Time Out

When a Nazi submarine is discovered lying in sixty feet of water off the Louisiana coast some troubled ghosts are ready to be released. A local businessman is offering Detective Dave Robicheaux big money to bring the wreck to the surface, but he is not the only one after the submarine and its mysterious cargo. Neo-Nazis are on the march in New Orleans, a new spirit of hatred is abroad, and its terrifying embodiment, an icy psychopath called Will Buchalter, is stalking Robicheaux's wife.

Robicheaux is about to find out how deep the new current of evil runs - and just how far the crazed Buchalter will go to get his hands on the Nazis' legacy.

'A fine American writer who deserves to be far better known on this side of the Atlantic . . . poetic and passionate' Sunday Telegraph

'Prose that cuts straight to the heart' Guardian

www.jamesleeburke.com

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hyperion
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0786860197
• ISBN 13: 9780786860197
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 352