Tin Roof Blowdown Review

In the tin roof blowdown new iberia police detective dave robicheaux finds himself in the heart of the hurricane katrina disaster when his department is temporarily assigned to rescue and response.

Tin roof blowdown review.

Even before the tidal surge hit thanks to cuts in federal aid and an influx of crack cocaine mr. Before plunging into his typically serpentine plot burke takes time to etch an indelible portrait of the physical and spiritual. In tin roof blowdown the violence begins in nature in the form of hurricane katrina but is soon followed by the man made kind in the form of scavangers vigilantes gangsters sociopaths and assorted scumbags. There is plenty of action and rich dialogue.

As a potboiler crime novel the tin roof blowdown is so so. More than a literary novel even. Burke s new orleans was an accident waiting to happen. July 17 2007 a looting and shooting at the height of hurricane katrina s destruction sucks dave robicheaux pegasus descending 2006 etc into new orleans s purgatorial ordeal.

Filled with complex characters and depictions of people at both their best and worst the tin roof blowdown is not only an action packed crime thriller but a poignant story of courage and sacrifice that critics are already calling burke s best work. The characters are thinly drawn but they do not act as archetypes. As a chronicle of the real life tragedy the tin roof blowdown remains pretty good as an eulogy to the devastation of louisiana it is incredible however t in a macabre way post katrina new orleans is the perfect setting for him. In my opinion the tin roof blowdown is more than a crime novel.

Twice an edgar award winner once a pulitzer prize nominee burke is justifiably admired for his rich prose and for the character of robicheaux a complex compassionate man always striving to understand human motivation. The tin roof blowdown by james lee burke release date. Although the tin roof blowdown describes.