James Lee Burke readers...

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James Lee Burke readers...

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sorry, not announcing a new book. But he did an interesting interview in Esquire:

http://www.esquire.com/features/what-iv ... =soc_fcbks

Some quick excerpts....


There's no such thing as bad food in south Louisiana. It's on a level with heroin.

My father used to say, "If everybody agrees on it, it's wrong." Or, as Dave Robicheaux, the protagonist in some of my books, says, "Did you ever see a mob rush across town to do a good deed?"

The boos always come from the cheap seats.



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Re: James Lee Burke readers...

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seeahill wrote:There's no such thing as bad food in south Louisiana. It's on a level with heroin.
I usually dismiss these kind of statements with a chuckle and rolling of the eyes, but I was just in South Louisiana and I had some DAMN good food.

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