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The
2005 Award
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Last
Car to Elysian Fields |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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is a rainy late summer's night in New Orleans. Detective Dave Robicheaux
is about to confront the man who may have savagely assaulted his friend,
Father Jimmie Dolan, a Catholic priest who's always at the centre of controversy.
But things are rarely what they seem and soon Robicheaux is back in New
Iberia, probing a car crash that killed three teenage girls. A grief-crazed
father and a maniacal, complex 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.
Last Car To Elysian Fields is a masterful exploration of the troubled side of human nature and the dark corners of the heart, a moody hard-hitting novel that goes to the limit in its provocative blend of human drama and relentless noir suspense. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| James Lee Burke is the author of twenty-one previous novels, including twelve featuring Detective Dave Robicheaux. Black Cherry Blues won the Edgar Award in 1989 and Cimarron Rose in 1997. He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Montana and Louisiana, USA. |
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