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	James Lee Burke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Lee Burke is an American author best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series.
		Burke was born in Houston, Texas but grew up on the Texas-Louisiana gulf coast.
		Burke and his wife, Pearl, split their time between Missoula, Montana and New Iberia, Louisiana.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Lee_Burke (152 words)

	James Lee Burke: Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		James Lee Burke is an American (A native or inhabitant of the United States) mystery (A story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie) author (Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)) best known for his Dave Robicheaux series.
		Burke was born in Houston (The largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration), Texas (The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico) but grew up on the Texas-Louisiana gulf coast.
		Burke and his wife, Pearl, split their time between Montana (A state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border) and Louisiana (A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/james_lee_burke.htm (214 words)

	Interview \| James Lee Burke
		James Lee Burke is a polite man with a sense of humor and an easy laugh.
		Alafair Burke, James Lee Burke's daughter and fellow crime novelist (Justice Calls), explains that In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (1993) and Jolie Blon's Bounce "have an element of the supernatural to them that challenges the distinction between the literal and metaphorical.
		James Lee Burke's place in the hall of American crime-fiction fame is guaranteed, whether or not he fears the fickle lady of success riding off into the sunset without him.
	januarymagazine.com /profiles/jlburke.html (4876 words)

	Bookreporter.com - HEARTWOOD by James Lee Burke
		Burke, however, was not content to coast, and in 1997 introduced Billy Bob Holland to the literary landscape with CIMMARON ROSE.
		Burke, as always, has an exquisite eye for detail, and is a student of the intricacies of relationships of the heart.
		HEARTWOOD is the ultimate James Lee Burke novel; the work of a master who continues to raise the bar of his own expectations and to exceed them.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0440224012.asp (533 words)

	James Lee Burke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		James Lee Burke is in top form in his latest page-turner steeped in the lush, unsettling atmosphere that his readers have come to expect.
		James Lee Burke has been writing since he was 19 and since then has published 19 books, won several awards, reached the US bestseller lists and successfully negotiated movie deals.
		Burke admits that his novels all share a strong dose of autobiographical realism, but says it's the feeling or experience that is autobiographical not the scene or the plot.
	www.twbooks.co.uk /authors/jlburke.html (1748 words)

	Burning Angel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries), Hyperion, James Lee Burke
		With the usual James Lee Burke combination of brilliant action and unforgettable characters, Burning Angel is the author at his best -- showing that old hatreds and new ones are not that far apart.
		Burke writes of southern Louisiana with a mix of pride and frustration, of steamy bayous and rusted car bodies, of antebellum mansions presiding over tin shacks.
		Burke's south is a mystical place, where from the swampy mists the ghost of a Confederate soldier is as likely to break as is the sun.
	allentech.net /techstore/item_0786889047.html (853 words)

	James Lee Burke Internet Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		James Lee Burke is the author of so far nine mystery novels featuring former-cop Dave Robicheaux and his friends fighting crime in a still more violent and perverse society.
		Burke has managed to create a setting, a personage and a narrative that is intriguing to mystery fans in many countries.
		At the moment I am collecting material for a bibliography of writings about James Lee Burke, and I will appreciate any hints that you might be able to give me. Please email me at jbs@webfic.com.
	www.webfic.dk /jlb/jlb.asp (433 words)

	Powells.com Interviews - James Lee Burke
		Burke: The story of Dave's relationship with his mother has been ongoing since the first novel in the series [The Neon Rain].
		Burke: Dave always indicates that violence is the first refuge of the frightened, the inarticulate - and ultimately, it's a form of moral failure.
		Burke: He believes there was provocation, that she should not have been sentenced to death.
	www.powells.com /authors/burke.html (2228 words)

	James Lee Burke, Heartwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Burke's sense of place never fails him, and his descriptions of Billy Bob's Texas hill country are almost as evocative as his portrayal of Dave Robicheaux's Louisiana bayou.
		Burke is also one of the best we have at showing the effects of violence, both on the victims and the perpetrators.
		James Lee Burke spends part of the year in Missoula; I, for one, would welcome yet another series set in Montana.
	www.rambles.net /burke_heartwood.html (370 words)

	Mystery Guide - Cadillac Jukebox by James Lee Burke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Burke's characters are like Cajun cooking: lots of different flavors, but all of them spicy.
		Burke has the courage to show the ugliest features as well as the beauty of the people and the places in his book.
		This aspect of Burke's writing lends a somewhat depressing feeling to his work; but, more importantly, it lends such integrity to his writing that the shortcomings in the complicated plot are not only forgiven but forgotten.
	www.mysteryguide.com /bkBurkeJukebox.html (502 words)

	James Lee Burke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		In Purple Cane Road, as in Burke's previous novels, the author's extraordinary skill at creating unforgettable characters, his depiction of the squalid underbelly of American society, his evocation of a fallen world in which the gap between fl and white, the haves and have-nets grows wider, is ever present.
		James Lee Burke is the Faulkner of crime fiction' Jonathan Kellerman
		'Burke is a prodigiously accomplished writer, and Heartwood displays to the full his gifts for evoking place, creating a Faulknerian succession of bizarre characters, and producing sudden figurative starbursts exemplified by its exhilaratingly mythical final paragraphs.
	www.twbooks.co.uk /authors/jlburke1.html (1600 words)

	Inlibris Bookstore - In the Moon of Red Ponies : A Novel (Burke, James Lee) by James Lee Burke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		James Lee Burke seems to have reached a new and much higher level with this book.
		Burke's excellent descriptions of the natural world surrounding his characters is still there.
		Burke is very skillfull at weaving several disparate plot threads, which come together in a single driving story line, making the book difficult to put down.
	www.inlibris.com /bookstore/main.pl?mode=books&m=1&asin=0743245431 (543 words)

	Amazon.com: Heaven's Prisoners: Books: James Lee Burke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Burke has a true love affair with NOLA and the bayou, and I hope that this area can be brought back to its former beauty (rural areas, towns and cities alike).
		James lee Burke is one of thosed underrated masters of prose,forever delegated to second rung because of his genre.
		Burke's southern Louisiana bayous are no mere backdrops in which a mystery is dropped, but such forceful allegory that character and plot sometimes must play a secondary role to his poetry.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743449193?v=glance (2508 words)

	James Lee Burke ~ Premier Mystery Novelist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux mysteries are a strange mixture of gritty crime (Andrew Vachss is a Burke fan), Louisiana regional writing, Southern liberal politics, and magic realism.
		Robicheaux is a recovering alcoholic, and Burke does a great job of depicting his disintegration in the face of this guilt, as well as the revenge and justice that eventually redeems him.
		Another of Burke's minor hoods in trouble with the big guys, Marsallus is a professional soldier who walked through a firefight untouched in El Salvador, a small-time gambler and hustler who crosses the big families (notably the Giacanos) by staking thieves and prostitutes for a chance at a clean life.
	www.dancingbadger.com /jlburke.htm (3637 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Meet the Writers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		James Lee Burke was struggling through some lean times as a novelist -- he had published only one book in 15 years -- when a friend and fellow writer suggested he take a stab at crime fiction.
		Burke is a man of few words when it comes to responding to interview questions; but he does display an abiding admiration for William Faulkner, citing him multiple times as both an influence and a favorite read.
		Burke's college English papers earned him a string of D-minuses until he talked to his professor about what was wrong.
	www.barnesandnoble.com /writers/writer.asp?cid=968834 (398 words)

	Bitterroot by James Lee Burke - read excerpt
		I watched Doc Voss squat on his haunches in front of a driftwood fire and stir the strips of ham in a skillet with a fork, squinting his eyes against the smoke, his upper body warmed only by a fly vest, his shoulders braided with sinew.
		In Bitterroot, with its rugged and vivid setting, its intricate plot, and a set of remarkable, unforgettable characters, and crafted with the lyrical prose and the elegiac tone that have inspired many critics to compare him to William Faulkner, James Lee Burke has written a thriller destined to surpass the success of his previous novels.
		James Lee Burke, a rare winner of two Edgar Awards for best crime fiction ofthe year, is the author of twenty previous novels, including many New York Times bestsellers.
	mostlyfiction.com /excerpts/bitterroot.htm (862 words)

	New Iberia, Louisiana - James Lee Burke's New Iberia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Those who are fans of author James Lee Burke will easily recognize New Iberia as the setting for several of his famed Dave Robicheaux novels.
		Burke, who has been called the Faulkner of crime fiction, grew up in the Queen City.
		Burke, who still spends half the year in New Iberia, is one of only two authors to win two Edgar Awards.
	www.cityofnewiberia.com /jamesleeburke.html (163 words)

	James Lee Burke - Mystery Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		James Lee Burke was born in Houston, Texas, in 1936 and grew up on the Texas-Louisiana gulf coast.
		Burke met when he was driving a cab in Hell's Kitchen and running his one-man agency at night, kept it out there for nine years.
		One of only two authors to win two Edgar Awards, James Lee Burke has been called "the Faulkner of crime fiction." Purple Cane Road, the eleventh installment of his long-running series about Louisiana cop Dave Robicheaux, may be Burke's best book yet.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art26569.asp (431 words)

	Last Car to Elysian Fields, Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke - read reviews
		Burke's imagination finds fertile ground for exploration in New Orleans, and one can only wonder what Burke has in store for Robicheaux in the future.
		I've wanted to read a James Lee Burke novel for sometime as evidenced by the small collection of his books I've accumulated over the years, but hadn't made time until now.
		James Lee Burke is a rare winner of two Edgar Awards for best crime fiction of the year.
	mostlyfiction.com /sleuths/burkejames.htm (2294 words)

	Amazon.com: White Doves at Morning : A Novel: Books: James Lee Burke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Young Willie Burke (an ancestor of the author) and two friends join the Confederate army despite their doubts about some aspects of the Cause, while in New Iberia Abigail Dowling, a nurse from Massachusetts, struggles to act on her abolitionist beliefs.
		Burke succeeds strongly in creating the atmosphere of the South prior to, during and after the Civil War, as well as in developing rich, multi-dimensional characters.
		Burke seems to have lost the tight control of his best work; this book feels overwritten and underplotted, dealing with a small group of angst-ridden characters acting out dramas of oppression and revenge against the backdrop of the war and its aftermath.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743244710?v=glance (2202 words)

	James Lee Burke
		Burke's work is marked out by his vivid, lyrical prose and moral and philosophical complexity.
		A grief-crazed father and a maniacal, conflicted assassin are just a few of the characters Robicheaux meets as he is drawn deeper into a viper's nest of sordid secrets and escalating violence that sets him up for a confrontation that echoes down the lonely corridors of his own unresolved past.
		Displaying Burke's hallmark juxtaposition of violence and lyricism, cynicism and hope, and featuring an exploration of a Robicheaux cast adrift without his good angels (his wife is dead, his daughter away at college) and his rage untrammelled and trained upon the world is fascinating.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /thrillkill/burke.htm (2109 words)

	Mystery Guide - The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Soon he has stirred things up enough that he has earned the attention of both a federal agent and a trio of men who are willing to try to torture him to get him to talk about his (non-existent) connection with the feds.
		Burke gives us a good story and a gripping plot, but this book is a lot better than the sum of its plot elements.
		Burke's sense of place is absolutely superb -- I have read other novels set in the USA's only Mediterranean city, but none that communicate the feel of New Orleans like this one.
	www.mysteryguide.com /bkBurkeRain.html (377 words)

	James Lee Burke Message Board
		JLB is the first American author who has instilled in me a desire to visit the USA.His evocation of of the region of South Louisiana is hypnotic - sheer poetry.I love his tough deep-seated humanism.You can feel his characters breathing.I have only four more of his novels to read!
		TJ, undoubtedly there are dark aspects to JLB's writing; much of it I think (like with most of us) is colored by his life experience; his involvement with alcohol and his Vietnam history certainly show through (having been down both roads myself, I can appreciate the latent effects of bad stuff when it finally surfaces).
		Like Greg Iles, Burke expresses himself a lot like other great southern writers, with a lot of imagery; you can smell the magnolias (among the other aromas) and really "see" what he writes.
	www.allreaders.com /Board.asp?listpage=3&BoardID=2321 (506 words)

	James Lee Burke, Purple Cane Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		James Lee Burke is a master at spinning these yarns.
		Burke is a tremendously gifted writer and the characterization in his novels lift the books into the third dimension.
		Burke's portrayal of Cajun Louisiana, his usage of various dialects, his obvious love of the people, their music and the food more than reflects this culture and makes his Robicheaux novels a treat.
	www.greenmanreview.com /purplecaneroad.html (544 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: James Lee Burke
		Drawing on his personal family history, James Lee Burke crafts a story of enormous scope about three best friends from Louisiana who--despite their own misgivings about the "Cause"--enlist in the Confederate Army and set off to war.
		Willie Burke, the character based on Burke's own great, great uncle, befriends an attractive and uncommonly bright young slave and teaches her how to read in violation of local laws.
		In James Lee Burke's last novel featuring Billy Bob Holland, Bitterroot, the former Texas Ranger left his home state to help a friend threatened by the most dangerous sociopath Billy Bob had ever faced.
	www.fictionwise.com /eBooks/JamesLeeBurkeeBooks.htm (512 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| By genre \| Observer review: In The Moon of Red Ponies by James Lee Burke
		It Is understandable that James Lee Burke's Montana lawyer Billy Bob Holland should be in the shadow of Burke's troubled Louisiana crime fighter Dave Robicheaux, one of the most compelling characters in contemporary mystery fiction.
		Burke is probably the most descriptive mystery writer at work today and In The Moon of Red Ponies contains pages of romantic, luminous descriptions of landscape.
		Burke takes the dictum that drama is conflict to a deliriously enjoyable extreme in his dialogue.
	books.guardian.co.uk /reviews/crime/0,6121,1278511,00.html (663 words)

	Powell's Books - Heartwood by James Lee Burke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		In Cimmaron Rose, longtime fans of the Dave Robicheaux series found that the struggles of Texas defense attorney Billy Bob Holland show Burke at his best in exploring classic American themes--the sometimes subtle, often violent strains between the haves and the have-nots; the collision of past and present; the inequities in the criminal justice system.
		"Burke is known for the lush bayou cadences that give solid flesh to his longtime series hero, deputy sheriff Dave Robicheaux, and this prose style moves easily to the steamy precincts of southeast Texas."
		James Lee Burke is the author of eighteen previous novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Sunset Limited, Cimarron Rose, Cadillac Jukebox, Burning Angel, and Dixie City Jam.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=719&cgi=product&isbn=0385488432 (511 words)

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