Review Tin Roof Blowdown

Before plunging into his typically serpentine plot burke takes time to etch an indelible portrait of the physical and spiritual.

Review tin roof blowdown.

It certainly joins spike lee s documentary about new orleans as one of the most moving but clear. The tin roof blowdown is burke s 16th dave robicheaux novel. 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. More than a literary novel even.

Thinking in biblical terms again the tin roof blowdown is both a lamentation and a testament. As a potboiler crime novel the tin roof blowdown is so so. The tin roof blowdown by james lee burke release date. Burke s new orleans was an accident waiting to happen.

As a chronicle of the real life tragedy the tin roof blowdown remains pretty good as an eulogy to the devastation of louisiana it is incredible however t in a macabre way post katrina new orleans is the perfect setting for him. 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. Even before the tidal surge hit thanks to cuts in federal aid and an influx of crack cocaine mr. It is a work of profound historical value and importance that should no must be read by anyone.

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. In my opinion the tin roof blowdown is more than a crime novel. There is plenty of action and rich dialogue. 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.