Review Tin Roof Blowdown

More than a literary novel even.

Review tin roof blowdown.

July 17 2007 a looting and shooting at the height of hurricane katrina s destruction sucks dave robicheaux pegasus descending 2006 etc into new orleans s purgatorial ordeal. In my opinion the tin roof blowdown is more than a crime novel. Even before the tidal surge hit thanks to cuts in federal aid and an influx of crack cocaine mr. The characters are thinly drawn but they do not act as archetypes.

There is plenty of action and rich dialogue. It certainly joins spike lee s documentary about new orleans as one of the most moving but clear. As a potboiler crime novel the tin roof blowdown is so so. Burke s new orleans was an accident waiting to happen.

The tin roof blowdown is burke s 16th dave robicheaux novel. Although the tin roof blowdown describes. The tin roof blowdown by james lee burke release date. In the tin roof blowdown new iberia police detective dave robicheaux finds himself in the heart of the hurricane katrina disaster when his department is temporarily assigned to rescue and response.

It is a work of profound historical value and importance that should no must be read by anyone. Twice an edgar award winner once a pulitzer prize nominee burke is justifiably admired for his rich prose and for the character of robicheaux a complex compassionate man always striving to understand human motivation. Thinking in biblical terms again the tin roof blowdown is both a lamentation and a testament. As a chronicle of the real life tragedy the tin roof blowdown remains pretty good as an eulogy to the devastation of louisiana it is incredible however t in a macabre way post katrina new orleans is the perfect setting for him.