RARA-AVIS: Hardboiled Reading Group/Cimmarron Rose

CraigET@aol.com
Sat, 6 Sep 1997 16:46:43 -0400 (EDT) For those of you who want more hardboiled than the 2 stories a week (plus
soon, novels) that are discussed here, BOOK CENTRAL on AOL is starting a new
hardboiled reading group. You can contact Momspsycho@aol.com for more info.
Sorry to say that I don't know if or how those not on AOL might be able to
join in.

I recently finished James Lee Burke's new novel, _Cimmarron Rose._ Although
it might not be in the classic hardboiled style, along the cozy-hardboiled
spectrum, it is certainly toward the hardboiled end of things. Except for
setting (substitute Texas hill country for Louisiana bayou), this could be a
Robichaux novel. A former cop with a tendency for violence has to come to
terms with his past. The Robichaux novels are peopled with cajuns and
rednecks; _Rose_ is peopled with Mexicans and rednecks. In spite of my tone,
I like Burke's novels and his writing. I do think he is getting a bit
predictable though. Anybody else out there read it?

C Thornton
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