James Lee Burke Out West - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T20:14:08Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/james-lee-burke-out-west?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A348749&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWell, I guess I'm just the bi…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-06:537324:Comment:3487492012-07-06T07:34:01.881ZKeith Dixonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Keithyd
<p>Well, I guess I'm just the biggest James Lee Burke fan in the world. I would read it if he wrote the blurb on the back of a packet of cornflakes.</p>
<p><br/>Agree about James Crumley - liked everything up until The Final Country. If you want another western writer, you could try Joe R. Lansdale - his East Texas tales of Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are funny, exciting, interesting and go places other crime novels usually don't.</p>
<p>Well, I guess I'm just the biggest James Lee Burke fan in the world. I would read it if he wrote the blurb on the back of a packet of cornflakes.</p>
<p><br/>Agree about James Crumley - liked everything up until The Final Country. If you want another western writer, you could try Joe R. Lansdale - his East Texas tales of Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are funny, exciting, interesting and go places other crime novels usually don't.</p> Having lived in Texas once up…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-29:537324:Comment:3478882012-06-29T00:50:41.094ZEric Christophersonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/datahog
<p>Having lived in Texas once upon a time, I've read three of Burke's Texas novels, including the one that won the Edgar for best novel of the year (Cimarron Rose). And I was fine with the settings. But I didn't love the book's main character. I suppose he left me cold.</p>
<p>Having lived in Texas once upon a time, I've read three of Burke's Texas novels, including the one that won the Edgar for best novel of the year (Cimarron Rose). And I was fine with the settings. But I didn't love the book's main character. I suppose he left me cold.</p> Aw gee ... how could anyone n…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-28:537324:Comment:3477322012-06-28T21:34:50.735ZSusanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Susan
<p>Aw gee ... how could anyone not like N'Awlins?? :) Great music, food, and wine ... And don't forget, if you're pissed off at someone, you can always buy a voodoo doll ...</p>
<p>But okay, I'm not a big James Lee Burke fan either, mostly because I don't care much for the "reformed alcoholic" character. However, I acknowledge that he's an excellent writer. </p>
<p>Aw gee ... how could anyone not like N'Awlins?? :) Great music, food, and wine ... And don't forget, if you're pissed off at someone, you can always buy a voodoo doll ...</p>
<p>But okay, I'm not a big James Lee Burke fan either, mostly because I don't care much for the "reformed alcoholic" character. However, I acknowledge that he's an excellent writer. </p> I only discovered Crumley mys…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-28:537324:Comment:3478822012-06-28T20:44:42.813ZDana Kinghttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
<p>I only discovered Crumley myself a few years ago. THE LAST GOOD KISS and DANCING BEAR are excellent; THE FINAL COUNTRY I could have lived without, though the writing was still very good. He wrote a few others, but i have yet to get to them.</p>
<p>I only discovered Crumley myself a few years ago. THE LAST GOOD KISS and DANCING BEAR are excellent; THE FINAL COUNTRY I could have lived without, though the writing was still very good. He wrote a few others, but i have yet to get to them.</p> Thanks for the recommendation…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-28:537324:Comment:3478782012-06-28T19:25:01.648ZJackson Burnetthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JacksonBurnett
<p>Thanks for the recommendation, Dana. </p>
<p>Thanks for the recommendation, Dana. </p> I have exactly the same thoug…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-28:537324:Comment:3477892012-06-28T16:05:06.640ZDana Kinghttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
<p>I have exactly the same thought as you, Jackson. I've been a Burke fan for years, but his style of description seems better suited for Louisiana, whether it's NOLA or New Iberia. Crumley has a better handle on the starker beauty of the West.</p>
<p>I have exactly the same thought as you, Jackson. I've been a Burke fan for years, but his style of description seems better suited for Louisiana, whether it's NOLA or New Iberia. Crumley has a better handle on the starker beauty of the West.</p> I'm not wild about James Lee…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-28:537324:Comment:3478682012-06-28T13:44:06.054ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>I'm not wild about James Lee Burke, but I probably prefer the western settings. I just don't like New Orleans and the "murky Southern feel" -- (good description).</p>
<p>I'm not wild about James Lee Burke, but I probably prefer the western settings. I just don't like New Orleans and the "murky Southern feel" -- (good description).</p>