Bitterroot: Billy Bob Holland
Autor James Lee Burkeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 iul 2011
Recomandăm acest roman cititorilor care caută tensiune brută și dileme morale imposibile. Bitterroot nu este o simplă vacanță în Montana. Este o coborâre în infern. Billy Bob Holland caută liniște, dar găsește o comunitate sfâșiată de violență. Un prieten vechi, Doc Voss, ajunge în spatele gratiilor după moartea suspectă a unui atacator eliberat prin vicii de procedură. Timpul expiră. Justiția pare o glumă amară.
Observăm aici o structură narativă sufocantă. James Lee Burke nu oferă respiro. Wyatt Dixon, un criminal proaspăt eliberat, îi suflă în ceafă protagonistului. Trecutul nu rămâne niciodată în Texas; el traversează granițele pentru a cere socoteală. În tradiția volumului Cimarron Rose, acest roman reimaginează lupta solitară a avocatului împotriva unui sistem corupt, dar ridică miza prin introducerea unor elemente de o cruzime extremă: de la miliții fanatice la dezastre ecologice provocate de mineri.
Stilul este unul febril. Proza pulsează de pasiune întunecată și emoții tulburate. Dacă în The Hadacol Boogie autorul explora halucinațiile și trauma în Louisiana, aici mută conflictul în spațiul vast al munților, unde izolarea devine o capcană. Descoperim o Montana care nu mai este un refugiu, ci un câmp de luptă unde cadavrele se adună, iar Billy Bob Holland rămâne ultimul bastion al decenței. Este o lectură despre consecințe și despre prețul sângeros al loialității.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0752847961
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 132 x 197 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Orion Publishing Group
Colecția Orion
Seria Billy Bob Holland
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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De ce să citești această carte
Pentru pasionații de romane polițiste care preferă realismul dur și decorurile naturale impunătoare. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă profundă asupra conflictului dintre lege și dreptatea personală. Este o ocazie rară de a vedea cum un personaj complex navighează printr-o rețea de interese mafiote și fanatism, totul sub semnătura unui maestru al genului care transformă peisajul într-un personaj activ.
Despre autor
James Lee Burke este o figură emblematică a literaturii americane contemporane, născut în 1936 și distins cu multiple premii Edgar și titlul de Grand Master al Mystery Writers of America. Deși faimos pentru seria Dave Robicheaux, Burke a creat în personajul Billy Bob Holland un portret fascinant al avocatului texan bântuit de datorie. Stilul său, comparat adesea cu cel al lui Hemingway sau Thomas Hardy, îmbină lirismul peisajului cu brutalitatea naturii umane. Opera sa explorează recurent teme precum corupția endemică, trauma istorică și lupta individului împotriva forțelor care depășesc legea scrisă.
Descriere
'Still the greatest, bar none' LITERARY REVIEW
'Powerful stuff and confirms Burke's place in the forefront of contemporary American crime fiction' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'BITTERROOT is beautifully written and still stands head and shoulders above most other crime fiction' OBSERVER
When Billy Bob Holland visits his old friend Doc Voss, he finds himself caught up in a horrific tragedy. Doc's daughter has been brutally attacked by bikers, and the ringleader, Lamar Ellison, walks free when the DNA samples 'get lost'. Then Ellison is burned alive and Doc is arrested.
So much for Billy Bob's vacation - Doc needs a lawyer, and fast. And that's not all. Newly released killer Wyatt Dixon has tracked Billy Bob to Montana, bent on avenging the death of his sister for which he holds Billy Bob responsible. And Wyatt is only one thread of a tangled web of evil that includes neo-Nazi militias, gold miners who tip cyanide into the rivers, a paedophile ring, and the Mob. As the corpses of the guilty and innocent pile up, Billy Bob stands alone.
Recenzii
Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.
The king of Southern noir
When it comes to literate, pungently characterised American crime writing, James Lee Burke has few peers.
Gripping stuff from the great American crime writer
Burke is the master of his material. His reflective style infuses the book with a kind of sombre grace . . . As a thriller Bitterroot is never less than gripping. The twists and turns of the plot are deftly handled and he has an ear and an eye for nuance that allows him to create characters which manage to be both credible and archetypal, as if Burke is writing contemporary myths. The beauty and wildness of the Montana countryside, lovingly and vividly described, is both a fitting backdrop and a counterpoint to the savagery of the characters. Burke's most recent books, especially the Billy Bob Holland series, are powerful meditations on a wild, rural America that seems little changed from the world evoked by John Steinbeck. It is fine writing, that is far above the crime-fiction norm and it manages to stand comparison with the very best contemporary novels
James Lee Burke's heroes are driven men, flawed by guilt and a deep rate. His books depict a modern America which still lives by the ideals of the old West . . . The beauty of Burke's lyrical writing does not mask the ugliness of the story . . . It's powerful stuff and confirms Burke's place in the forefront of contemporary American crime fiction
Still the greatest, bar none . . . there's nothing currently on show to match, let alone better, Burke's latest. His ambitions, like his achievements, remain unequalled. When he reaches for the top he shows every reader what's possible. Good gets better. The best is yet to come
As ever the sense of place is overwhelming, as Burke's Texas lawyer comes face to face with an old nemesis among the customary savage mayhem
The 19th book from the Pulitzer Prize nominee, Burke's talent for weaving a compelling yarn will have readers glued to the pages
The hills and valleys, rivers and plains of the Bitterroot are lyrically described but are also seen as places of great potential danger . . . Bitterroot is beautifully written and still stands head and shoulders above most other crime fiction
James Lee Burke could not write badly if he tried: his evocation of the natural beauty of the mountain valley is brilliant, and some individual scenes, heavy with unstated menace and latent violence, are extremely powerful
James Lee Burke is one of literature's finest cartographers of the dark side of the human heart . . . As usual the plot is labyrinthine, the characters lavishly drawn and Burke's writing sensational - especially his rendering of Montana . . . there is plenty here to enjoy, and if you manage to complete Bitterroot without planning a trip to Montana then you must have already seen Eden
The story itself is marvellously constructed but what makes Bitterroot a marvel are the characters, including two fearsome psychopaths, and the quality of Burke's writing . . . Bitterroot is of exceptional quality, a must-read of which Rendell herself would be proud
Burke's great strengths as a writer are in evident abundance here: Bitterroot is densely plotted, full of narrative urgency and a boiling anger at what the world has become and how vulnerable we are to its violence . . . This is truly excellent stuff from a stalwart of American crime writing
Burke writes an intense, breathless prose that eminently suits his tales of dark passion and disturbed emotions