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james lee burke is back!

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creole belle.

burke is one of the best writers in america. best story tellers. best creator of characters. best writer of dialogue.

read it.
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Reading it right now. Burke is insanely good

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How's it compare to a good Cahill?

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He's too Mary Poppins for my taste.
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are you referring to cahill?
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BucketHead wrote:How's it compare to a good Cahill?
Good? What's that?
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James Lee Burke is one of the best writers in America.

I am one of the writers in America.
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Give me your top three titles of Burke's, so I can get started

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Check out his Bulwer Lytton award winning winning Marathon Man: Seduction of a Limey.
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james lee just keeps getting better. His books can be read in any order. Read one or two and you'll be addicted. So start with the new one and work your way back.
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