Re: RARA-AVIS: Burke wins Edgar

Anthony Smith (ansmith@netdoor.com)
Fri, 1 May 1998 18:36:11 -0500 > I just read in rec.arts.mystery that James Lee Burke's "Cimarron Rose"
> won the Edgar for best novel. This is the second best-novel Edgar for
> this veteran, singularly gifted writer - who started writing mysteries
> after the age of 50.

I don't want to sound overly fussy, but even though I am a big JLB admirer,
and have read all his crime novels, as well as a couple literary short
stories and the Lost Get Back Boogie, I don't think Cimmaron Rose was the
best crime novel of the year. So it's not just me rooting for another
writer here, but honestly saying that I don't see how this novel could be
considered the best one. But I will continue to read James Lee Burke and
enjoy his future work, I hope. This one seemed wrong to me, though.
However, I join you in offering congrats.
a.smith
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