Burke's writing is unique, gritty and ethereal in just the right balance. He writes the bayou like a living, breathing thing, and Robicheaux's demons and fierce love and fear for his family are so well drawn. Good stuff.
@@bighardbooks770 Can't remember which titles (started reading him in the late 80s), but I especially like the early ones--finding Alafair in the plane crash, the arc of his marriage to Bootsie, ones where he's particularly haunted by Vietnam. Also like Light of the World, set in Montana with a particularly nasty villain. I've read a couple non-Robicheaux ones, but they didn't grab me in the same way.
Heck Yes, traveling cross country in a banana colored Cadillac 🍌sounds like a blast! So cool that you met him. I bet the photo is epic! Fun discussion… clever writing for him to give a nod to another book of his in a book of his. 😅(Nice catch with the “.)
I remember seeing Burke interviewed a long time ago and thinking that I should get one of his novels. I haven't read him yet, but it sounds like you would highly recommend him.
Wow! He certainly has written a book or two! 😮 As I wondered if Clete was a good place to start for one unfamiliar with his works and you actually, immediately answered that question for me. 😂
Never read any Burke, I do love it when a location is so well written like it's a character of its own! May have to give one a try at some point, where would you recommend for a dip in?
Burke's writing is unique, gritty and ethereal in just the right balance. He writes the bayou like a living, breathing thing, and Robicheaux's demons and fierce love and fear for his family are so well drawn. Good stuff.
@@patriciah8579 Ahh ... I see that you've read him! Do you have a favorite novel from Burke?
@@bighardbooks770 Can't remember which titles (started reading him in the late 80s), but I especially like the early ones--finding Alafair in the plane crash, the arc of his marriage to Bootsie, ones where he's particularly haunted by Vietnam. Also like Light of the World, set in Montana with a particularly nasty villain. I've read a couple non-Robicheaux ones, but they didn't grab me in the same way.
@@patriciah8579 I hear ya ☺
Heck Yes, traveling cross country in a banana colored Cadillac 🍌sounds like a blast! So cool that you met him. I bet the photo is epic! Fun discussion… clever writing for him to give a nod to another book of his in a book of his. 😅(Nice catch with the “.)
@@DianeSLoftis Thanks, Diane. Ooo, it doesn't seem that long ago!
I remember seeing Burke interviewed a long time ago and thinking that I should get one of his novels. I haven't read him yet, but it sounds like you would highly recommend him.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 If you like crime fiction, at all, I bet you'd like Burke 🖋
@@bighardbooks770 I think I would.
Wow! He certainly has written a book or two! 😮 As I wondered if Clete was a good place to start for one unfamiliar with his works and you actually, immediately answered that question for me. 😂
@@TheGrapeJellyLibrary Thanks. Floss! Happy to hear that ☺
Never read any Burke, I do love it when a location is so well written like it's a character of its own! May have to give one a try at some point, where would you recommend for a dip in?
@@vens_corner _In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead,_ or _A Stained White Radiance._ ☺ Thank me later 😉
@@bighardbooks770 awesome I shall give them a check out 👍👍
Do you have that Ireland flag because of Ulysses?😂
@@siddhantsaraswat8612 I have three Irish flags. I have them because I'm proud Irish-American 🇮🇪