Bluebottle by James Sallis
As Lew Griffin leaves a New Orleans music club with an older white woman he has just met, someone fires a shot and Lew goes down. When he comes to, Griffin discovers that most of a year has gone by since that night. Who was the woman? Which of them was the target? Who was the sniper? Somewhere in the Crescent City - and in the white...
Poetic, complex and multidimensional, James Sallis' crime novels about New Orleans detective Lew Griffin are unlike any you are likely to crack open * Los Angeles Times *
Sallis's voice is unique among mystery writers, and this novel, like previous ones in the series, is unforgettable * Publishers Weekly *
Richly atmospheric, haunting, utterly compelling, the Lew Griffin novels are really coolJames Sallis is an outstanding crime writer - an outstanding writer period * Frances McDormand *
The New Orleans backdrop - gumbo, okra and the strains of jazz circa the 1960s - all add up to a rich gumbo of its own, nicely set off by the odd Lew Griffin and the quirky jumps in time -- MGS * Barcelona Review *
it is hard to think of another contemporary writer who has so brilliantly captured the shifting sand that is memory -- Gerald Houghton * The Edge Magazine *
Sallis's voice is unique among mystery writers, and this novel, like previous ones in the series, is unforgettable * Publishers Weekly *
Richly atmospheric, haunting, utterly compelling, the Lew Griffin novels are really coolJames Sallis is an outstanding crime writer - an outstanding writer period * Frances McDormand *
The New Orleans backdrop - gumbo, okra and the strains of jazz circa the 1960s - all add up to a rich gumbo of its own, nicely set off by the odd Lew Griffin and the quirky jumps in time -- MGS * Barcelona Review *
it is hard to think of another contemporary writer who has so brilliantly captured the shifting sand that is memory -- Gerald Houghton * The Edge Magazine *
James Sallis has published sixteen novels, multiple collections of short stories, essays, and poems, books of musicology, a biography of Chester Himes, and a translation of Raymond Queneau's novel Saint Glinglin. He has written about books for the LA Times, New York Times, and Washington Post, and for some years served as a books columnist for the Boston Globe. He has received a lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon, the Hammett Award for literary excellence in crime writing, and the Grand Prix de Littérature policière.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781901982060 |
| ISBN 10 | 1901982068 |
| Title | Bluebottle |
| Author | James Sallis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Year published | 1999-03-17 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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