Review Tin Roof Blowdown

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The characters are thinly drawn but they do not act as archetypes. As a potboiler crime novel the tin roof blowdown is so so. The tin roof blowdown by james lee burke release date. Although the tin roof blowdown describes.

In tin roof blowdown the violence begins in nature in the form of hurricane katrina but is soon followed by the man made kind in the form of scavangers vigilantes gangsters sociopaths and assorted scumbags. July 17 2007 a looting and shooting at the height of hurricane katrina s destruction sucks dave robicheaux pegasus descending 2006 etc into new orleans s purgatorial ordeal. The tin roof blowdown is burke s 16th dave robicheaux novel. It certainly joins spike lee s documentary about new orleans as one of the most moving but clear.

Burke s new orleans was an accident waiting to happen. In the tin roof blowdown new iberia police detective dave robicheaux finds himself in the heart of the hurricane katrina disaster when his department is temporarily assigned to rescue and response. More than a literary novel even. Even before the tidal surge hit thanks to cuts in federal aid and an influx of crack cocaine mr.

Filled with complex characters and depictions of people at both their best and worst the tin roof blowdown is not only an action packed crime thriller but a poignant story of courage and sacrifice that critics are already calling burke s best work. Before plunging into his typically serpentine plot burke takes time to etch an indelible portrait of the physical and spiritual. There is plenty of action and rich dialogue. Twice an edgar award winner once a pulitzer prize nominee burke is justifiably admired for his rich prose and for the character of robicheaux a complex compassionate man always striving to understand human motivation.