Frederick Zackel (fzackel@wcnet.org)
Sun, 7 Nov 1999 08:43:49 -0500
My review of James Lee Burke's Heartwood has been posted
at
www.januarymagazine.com
The first paragraph reads:
"As a story, Heartwood creaks like an old leather satchel. It
is an awkwardly constructed wannabe thriller that is as stale
as 1950s kitsch. That the journey the characters take is
violent is less important than that it is tedious. And for
all of James Lee Burke's skills as a writer, he has to
struggle mightily just to keep the machinery of his tale from
rusting to a complete stop."
I hope you enjoy the full account.
Frederick Zackel
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