Purple Cane Road

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"I've read all the Robicheaux novels, one of the finest series in American fiction; and after staying up half the night to finish Purple CaneRoad, l'd say it's the best one yet."-JOHN SANDFORD Purple Cane Road is James Lee Burke's finest Oave Robicheaux növel, the book that combines a brilliantly focused and compelling plot line with the pure line-by-line writing genius that has earned him the reputation as "the best suspense novelist writing today" [Rocky Mountain News). Da ve Robicheaux has spenf his life confronfing the age-old adagé that the sins of the father pass on to the son. But what was his mother's legacy? Dead to him since his youth, Mae Guillory has been shuttered away in the deep recesses of Dave's mind. He's lived with the fact that he would never know exactly what happened to the woman who left him to the devices of his whiskey-driven father. But deep down, he still feels the loss of his mother and knows that the infinite series of disappointments in her life could... Tovább

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"I've read all the Robicheaux novels, one of the finest series in American fiction; and after staying up half the night to finish Purple CaneRoad, l'd say it's the best one yet."-JOHN SANDFORD Purple Cane Road is James Lee Burke's finest Oave Robicheaux növel, the book that combines a brilliantly focused and compelling plot line with the pure line-by-line writing genius that has earned him the reputation as "the best suspense novelist writing today" [Rocky Mountain News). Da ve Robicheaux has spenf his life confronfing the age-old adagé that the sins of the father pass on to the son. But what was his mother's legacy? Dead to him since his youth, Mae Guillory has been shuttered away in the deep recesses of Dave's mind. He's lived with the fact that he would never know exactly what happened to the woman who left him to the devices of his whiskey-driven father. But deep down, he still feels the loss of his mother and knows that the infinite series of disappointments in her life could not have come to a good end. Dave's search for his mother's killers leads him to the darker places in his past, and solving this case teaches him what it means to be his mother's son. Purple Cane Road has the dimensions of a classic-passión, murder, and nearly heartbreaking poignancy-wrapped in a wonderfully executed plot that surprises the reader from start to finish. One of only two writers to win two Edgár Awards, JAMES LEE BÜRKE is the author of nineteen previous novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Sunset Limited, Cimarron Rose, Cadillac Jukebox, BurningAngel, and Dixie CityJam. He lives with his wife in Missoula, Montana, and New Ibéria, Louisiana. MARKETING MAJOR NATIONAL PRINT ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN • TELEVISI0N ADVERTISING ONLINE PROMOTION • 12-C0PY FL00R DISPLAY PUBLICITY NATIONAL AUTHOR T0UR • NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION • NATIONAL REVIEW ATTENTION TITLE INFORMATION: ISBN: 0-385-48844-0 • Trim 6 1/8" x9 1/4" • 336 pages Tentative Price: $24.95 U.S./$35.95 Canada • Tentative On-Sale Date: 8/15/2000 To place orders in the U.S., please contact your local Bantam Doubleday Dell sales representative, or call BDD Customer Service, toll-free: 1-800-323-9872: Eastern States and Central States: Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (CT); Western States: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m..-5:00 p.m. (CT). To place orders in Canada, contact your local BDD sales representative, or call 1-800-688-4247, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (ET). For additional copies of this advance reading copy, call the Doubleday Marketing Hot Line: 1-800-605-3406. This is an uncorrected proof. Please note that any quotes for reviews must be checked against the finished book. Dates, prices, and manufacturing details are subject to change or cancellation without notice. DOUBLEDAY 1540 BROADWAY NEW YORK, NY 10036 1 -21 2-354-6500 Vissza