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Swan Peak (2000)

by James Lee Burke(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1409100502 (ISBN13: 9781409100508)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

series

Dave Robicheaux

review 1: Man, these books are tough to read - tough characters and situations. This one has a fairly happy ending, a character with a crazy mental issue somehow overcomes it through the love of a woman (ha! but it's not that bad really), and the bad guys get their due (but it leaves open what some people find in the criminal justice system that a few years isn't enough to really pay back what the criminals took from people - not just physical possessions or physical pain).
review 2: I am a fan of James Lee Burke, coupled with the fantastic reader, Will Patton. I'm not sure how many Dave Robicheaux novels, I've read, but I never fail to be wowed by his complex characters, usually struggling with personal demons like alcohol, PTS, abuse. He also does something with det... moreails of place that are breathtaking, usually prefiguring or acting as counterpoint to violence. Here it is beautiful rural Montana instead of Louisiana, but the gritty realism of crime fiction is all there. I was struck, in this novel, by Burke's musings on life and the human condition (in the mouths of Robicheaux or Clete Purcell), and his many literary allusions, particularly to Ernest Hemingway. less

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