Click for full-size.
The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux #13)
by Burke, James Lee
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1416548483
- ISBN 13
- 9781416548485
- Seller
-
Argillite, Kentucky, United States
Item Price
$7.00$6.30
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Simon and Schuster, 2007. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 373 pgs. Black boards w/gold foil letters on spine. Book design by Ellen R. Sasahara. DJ design #1240057 by Jackie Seow. Author photo by Robert Clark. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY Secure ship w/track #. In the waning days of summer, 2005, a storm with greater impact than the bomb that struck Hiroshima peels the face off southern Louisiana. This is the gruesome reality Iberia Parish Sheriff's Detective Dave Robicheaux discovers as he is deployed to New Orleans. As James Lee Burke's new novel, The Tin Roof Blowdown, begins, Hurricane Katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe. The power grid of the city has been destroyed, New Orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society. There is no law, no order, no sanctuary for the infirm, the helpless, and the innocent. Bodies float in the streets and lie impaled on the branches of flooded trees. Source: Publisher.
Synopsis
In the waning days of summer, 2005, a storm with greater impact than the bomb that struck Hiroshima peels the face off southern Louisiana. This is the gruesome reality Iberia Parish Sheriff's Detective Dave Robicheaux discovers as he is deployed to New Orleans. As James Lee Burke's new novel, The Tin Roof Blowdown , begins, Hurricane Katrina has left the commercial district and residential neighborhoods awash with looters and predators of every stripe. The power grid of the city has been destroyed, New Orleans reduced to the level of a medieval society. There is no law, no order, no sanctuary for the infirm, the helpless, and the innocent. Bodies float in the streets and lie impaled on the branches of flooded trees. In the midst of an apocalyptical nightmare, Robicheaux must find two serial rapists, a morphine-addicted priest, and a vigilante who may be more dangerous than the criminals looting the city. In a singular style that defies genre, James Lee Burke has created a hauntingly bleak picture of life in New Orleans after Katrina. 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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- Blacks Bookshop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 15366
- Title
- The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux #13)
- Author
- Burke, James Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BCE/BOMC
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1416548483
- ISBN 13
- 9781416548485
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2007
- LCCN
- 2007004847
Terms of Sale
Blacks Bookshop
All items are sold as described. If you have received the wrong item being the wrong book title or author, or there was damage during shipping, please contact us within 48 hours of receipt via email to request a refund. In your email, please state order number, date received by mail, and your reason for requesting a refund. We do not give refunds because you change your mind or you have found the item somewhere else at a lesser price.
About the Seller
Blacks Bookshop
Biblio member since 2021
Argillite, Kentucky
About Blacks Bookshop
A little country book shop nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains along the banks of the East Fork of Little Sandy River.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- X-Library
- A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
This Book’s Categories
What is a professional bookseller?
Just about anyone can sell a book, but a professional bookseller knows the ins and outs of the rare book trade. Learn more!
Bob Dylan - 2016 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
From the first screech of his electric guitar upsetting musicians at a folk festival to his writing and paintings, Bob Dylan has risen to become a seminal force in American popular culture. In 2016, he was recognized by the Nobel Committee. Learn more about his creations...
