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Robicheaux de James Lee Burke

Robicheaux

Autor James Lee Burke
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 sep 2018

Dave Robicheaux este un om hăituit. De amintirile din Vietnam. De lupta cu alcoolismul. De pierdere. Acum, trecutul și prezentul se ciocnesc violent în New Iberia, Louisiana. Un bărbat este găsit mort — chiar cel responsabil pentru uciderea soției lui Robicheaux. Suspiciunea cade greu asupra detectivului. Propriii colegi încep să pună întrebări. Timpul se scurge. Notăm cu interes cum James Lee Burke construiește o rețea periculoasă în jurul protagonistului său. Un șef mafiot, un autor celebru și un politician ambițios formează un triunghi al puterii și corupției care amenință să înghită totul. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Burke transformă peisajul mlaștinilor într-un spațiu al fantomelor, unde onoarea este o monedă rară. Considerăm că acest volum este unul dintre cele mai sumbre din serie. Ritmul este sacadat, alert. Tensiunea crește cu fiecare capitol. Ca și în In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead, autorul explorează legătura dintre violența istorică și crimele moderne, dar dintr-o perspectivă mult mai personală și introspectivă, marcată de mortalitatea personajului principal. Dacă în [The Hadacol Boogie](other_works) amenințarea era externă și halucinantă, aici conflictul este visceral, o luptă pentru reabilitarea numelui și a sufletului. Este o investigație epică despre dorința de răzbunare și seducția averii.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781501176869
ISBN-10: 1501176862
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 141 x 213 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm acest roman pasionaților de literatură polițistă noir, care caută profunzime psihologică dincolo de misterul clasic. Cititorul câștigă o experiență de lectură densă, marcată de o atmosferă inegalabilă și de dileme morale sfâșietoare. Este motivul perfect pentru a reveni la universul lui James Lee Burke, un maestru al genului care demonstrează că umbrele trecutului nu dispar niciodată cu adevărat.

Despre autor

James Lee Burke, născut în 1936, este o figură emblematică a literaturii polițiste americane, fiind dublu câștigător al premiului Edgar și distins cu titlul de Grand Master de către Mystery Writers of America. Este celebru pentru crearea detectivului Dave Robicheaux, personaj interpretat pe marele ecran de actori precum Alec Baldwin și Tommy Lee Jones. Stilul său, comparat adesea cu cel al lui Hemingway sau Thomas Hardy, îmbină realismul dur al genului thriller cu o proză lirică, profund ancorată în istoria și geografia Sudului american. Pe lângă seria Robicheaux, Burke a scris numeroase romane de succes și colecții de povestiri, explorând constant temele onoarei și ale violenței.

Descriere scurtă

James Lee Burke's most beloved character, Dave Robicheaux, returns in this New York Times bestselling mystery set in the towns and backwoods of Louisiana: an "enthralling yet grim novel that...will captivate, start to finish" (Publishers Weekly). Dave Robicheaux is a haunted man. From the acts he committed in Vietnam, to his battles with alcoholism, to the sudden loss of his beloved wife, Molly, his thoughts drift from one irreconcilable memory to the next. Images of ghosts pepper his reality. Robicheaux's only beacon remains serving as a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana. It's in that capacity that Robicheaux crosses paths with powerful mob boss, Tony Nemo. Tony has a Civil War sword he'd like to give to Levon Broussard, a popular local author whose books have been adapted into major Hollywood films. Then there's Jimmy Nightengale, the young poster boy of New Orleans wealth and glamour. Jimmy's fond of Levon's work, and even fonder of his beautiful, enigmatic wife, Rowena. Tony thinks Jimmy can be a US Senator someday, and has the resources and clout to make it happen. There's something off about the relationship among these three men, and after a vicious assault, it's up to Robicheaux to uncover the truth "in the barn-burner of a climax" (Booklist, starred review). Complicating matters is the sudden death of the New Iberian local responsible for Molly's death; namely that Robicheaux's colleague thinks Robicheaux had something to do with it. As Robicheaux works to clear his name and make sense of the murder, a harrowing study of America emerges: this nation's abiding conflict between a sense of past grandeur and a legacy of shame, its easy seduction by demagogues and wealth, and its predilection for violence and revenge. "It has been almost five years since James Lee Burke's last Dave Robicheaux novel, and it was absolutely worth the wait" (Associated Press).

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

ROBICHEAUX IS A HAUNTED MAN.

Detective Dave Robicheaux's beloved wife, Molly, was cruelly taken from him. Her killing left him nothing but heartbreak and unanswered questions. Now, in the heat of the Louisiana Bayou, he drinks to forget.

ROBICHEAUX IS A WANTED MAN.

After a heavy night, he wakes to find his hands cut and bruised. He has no idea where he's been or what he's done. When another cop tells him that the man who killed Molly has been found murdered, Robicheaux knows if he can't prove his whereabouts, he will be the prime suspect.

BUT IS ROBICHEAUX AN INNOCENT MAN?

He never claimed he was a saint - he doesn't even know if he did it. And to clear his name, Robicheaux will have to go to hell and back . . .

Praise for one of the great American crime writers, James Lee Burke:

'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

Recenzii

James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.
Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.
The king of Southern noir.
One of the finest American writers.
When it comes to literate, pungently characterised American crime writing, James Lee Burke has few peers.
The intimations of mortality that have hovered over this series for 30 years have never been sharper or sadder.
The novel's murders and lies-both committed with unsettling smiles-will captivate, start to finish.
An epic story of greed, lust and power told with consummate skill.
Gripping.
Outstanding ... rewarding and superbly written. Burke's greatest talent lies in offering up some of the most memorable antagonists in contemporary fiction - crime or otherwise. Robicheaux doesn't disappoint.
James Lee Burke may be 82 this year, but his story-telling powers are not dimmed and he writes with the vigour and lyricism that make him one of America's finest novelists in any genre. This 21st Dave Robicheaux tale grips like a python.
On the level of style alone, James Lee Burke is the greatest crime writer currently at work ... his descriptions of both the Louisiana landscape and of the darkest aspects of human behaviour are without parallel ...utterly convincing characters, a unique atmosphere, and a whole parade of ghosts haunting the land, and Robicheaux's skull. A deep romantic impulse burns away like mist over the bayou, leaving only the traces of hope. And in this writer's hands, that's enough. We cling on.
James Lee Burke is widely considered to be the most significant writer of American crime fiction. This epic investigation has a teeming, vividly drawn cast, with the mortality of the central character casting a dark shadow over the visceral narrative.