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THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
de Burke, James Lee
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Covina, California, United States
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Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2008. Hardcover. Fine. Collector's Edition, signed by James Lee Burke. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and printed note from The Easton Press. After Hurricane Katrina devastates his beloved city of New Orleans, Dave Robicheaux is drawn into the fatal shooting of two young black looters, and the subsequent torture murder of a third. The 16th novel featuring the troubled Vietnam veteran turned New Iberia, Louisiana sheriff's deputy. Octavo. Full brown leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, three raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy - as new, still sealed in the original shrink wrap.
Sinopsis
In the waning days of summer, 2005, a storm with greater impact than the bomb that struck Hiroshima peels the face off southern Louisiana. This is the gruesome reality Iberia Parish Sheriff's Detective Dave Robicheaux discovers as he is deployed to New Orleans. As James Lee Burke's new novel, The Tin Roof Blowdown , begins, Hurricane Katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe. The power grid of the city has been destroyed, New Orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society. There is no law, no order, no sanctuary for the infirm, the helpless, and the innocent. Bodies float in the streets and lie impaled on the branches of flooded trees. In the midst of an apocalyptical nightmare, Robicheaux must find two serial rapists, a morphine-addicted priest, and a vigilante who may be more dangerous than the criminals looting the city. In a singular style that defies genre, James Lee Burke has created a hauntingly bleak picture of life in New Orleans after Katrina. Filled with complex characters and depictions of people at both their best and worst, The Tin Roof Blowdown is not only an action-packed crime thriller, but a poignant story of courage and sacrifice that critics are already calling Burke's best work.
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- Librería
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 70922
- Título
- THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN
- Autor
- Burke, James Lee
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- The Easton Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Fecha de publicación
- 2008
- Palabras clave
- Mystery, New Orleans, Louisiana, Crime Novels, Dave Robicheaux
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Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Octavo
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
