Hello, Mr. Armstrong. Welcome to the list.
Regarding Burke, BLACK CHERRY BLUES definitely had
supernatural aspects. It's been awhile since I read it, but
I'm pretty sure A MORNING FOR FLAMINGOS also had some. In
fact, I identify the technique with Burke, he uses it so
often.
I'm currently rereading Crumley's THE MEXICAN TREE DUCK,
which is as good as I remember it (and IMO rather
underrated). Before that was his DANCING BEAR, which I liked
but seemed to blur out, here and there. I generally prefer
the C.W. Shugrue books to the Milo Milodragovitch books, I
think: I suspect Crumley overidentifies with Milo, which
tends to lead him toward some self-indulgence. Much of
DANCING BEAR is really an essay about Montana more than an
actual novel.
Not saying it's bad, though. Even secondary Crumley is better
than 90% of everything else out there.
doug
--- "John A. Armstrong" <
johnnyyen@telus.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello - new to the list and mostly checking that
I'm
> getting and sending mail OK. But to keep
this
> on-topic, I'm reading some James Lee Burke books
I
> picked up in trade and several of them feature
the
> Billy Bob Holland character, who's haunted in
a
> comradely way by his friend L.Q. Navarro. Can
anyone
> recall any other books/series in the genre that
had
> supernatural elements?
> Another Burke book, In The Electric Mist
with
> Confederate Dead, had the lead character visited
by
> a Civi War general and his troops, though
whether
> this a ghost or hallucination is left
undetermined,
> but beyond that I can't think of any.
>
> Best,
>
> John Armstrong
> Vancouver, BC
>
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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