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    Texas City, 1947
    Texas City, 1947
    Texas City, 1947
    Audiobook54 minutes

    Texas City, 1947

    Written by James Lee Burke

    Narrated by Ron McLarty

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    About this audiobook

    A short story from one of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists James Lee Burke's story collection, JESUS OUT TO SEA.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJul 10, 2007
    ISBN9780743571456
    Texas City, 1947
    Author

    James Lee Burke

    James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. He has authored forty novels and two short story collections. He lives in Missoula, Montana.

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    • 5/5
      Burke is a master storyteller! His use of setting brings the South to any backyard, porch, or stoop. The narration creates levels of tension and fear the characters face, intensifying the author's intent. I'm just a little sad that Dave Robichaeux had no part to play this time around. Thank you, James Lee Burke, for sharing your gift.
    • 5/5
      Burke's tales depict the American scene, particularly in his native bayou country and also in the mountain Northwest of his more recent life, in vivid and often searing detail. The stories range from mostly humorous memories of boyhood encounters with colorful characters to dark accounts of corrupt, brutal and quasi-fascist elements seemingly triumphant. This collection, published soon after Hurricane Katrina devastated his beloved home region, is primarily a lament for the suffering of a people struggling for generations to survive in a cruel, but often fertile and even festive, environment. Despite the themes of poverty, ignorance and violence, Burke celebrates those brave and lonely souls who put up a fight against the darkness.
    • 5/5
      The best of all current American writers. An exceptional collection of short stories taken from a variety of previously published sources. Depicts the deep south and the backwoods north east post Katrina, with a prose bordering on poetry.
    • 5/5
      I think James Lee Burke is an amazing writer. They call him the Faulkner of crime fiction, and if you've ever read him, you'll know just how apropos that analogy is. This book is a collection of his short stories. They're both brilliant and devastating. The title story is about two men in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and it killed me.Burke is so very good at atmosphere. His descriptions of East Texas and Louisiana are so vivid and accurate, you feel as if you're there. Even if the "there" was sixty years ago. And even in short stories, he draws you into his characters' lives, makes you care about their poor sorry asses, and you can't help but grieve their losses. And these stories are all about loss. Don't pick the book up if you're looking for uplifting sunshiney tales of happiness. But if you want a good solid read, one with an emotional wallop that will stick with you for days, this is a good choice.
    • 4/5
      Amazing Southern tales filled with adventure and intrigue! They reminded me of those short adventure books I read as a teenager - most were Scouting adventure books made for young boys with imagination ready to go.