--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, BaxDeal@... wrote:
>
> I met him years ago at a signing for BLACK CHERRY BLUES and thought
he was an
> extremely charming gentleman. his prose style however is a bit
florid for
> my tastes
>
> I never finished BCB
That may be my favorite Burke novel. You may want to try Burke's
excellent short stories, which have been collected in two volumes. The
most recent volume, Jesus Out To sea, is outstanding. I read it not
long ago and praised it here. The prose is spare, the stories are
moving and the writing is beautiful. The man can write, he can do
without the sugar cane stalks and the dirty boogie and all that. Part
of the problem is that in a long series, tropes get burned at a
frightening rate. Especially weather tropes.
Best
mrt
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