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Flags on the Bayou
In the fall of 1863, the Union Army is in control of the Mississippi River. Much of Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is occupied. The Confederate Army is in disarray, corrupt structures are falling apart, and enslaved men and women are beginning to glimpse freedom.
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Harbor Lights
Harbor Lights is a story collection featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado to prisons, saloons, and trailer parks across the South, weaving together love, friendship, violence, survival, and revenge
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A great American novelist
– Michael Connelly
A gorgeous prose stylist
– Stephen King
One of my favorite authors
– John Grisham
An ungodly level of talent
– Dennis Lehane
Internationally Best Selling Author
JAMES LEE BURKE
James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. He’s authored forty novels and two short story collections. He lives in Missoula, Montana.
A modern master
– Publishers Weekly
America’s best novelist
– Denver Post
Burke’s writing is masterful.
– Washington Post
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Kirkus Starred Review of FLAGS ON THE BAYOU
A grueling, compassionate demonstration that “the devil ain’t down in a fiery pit. He’s right here.”
Publishers Weekly Starred Review of FLAGS ON THE BAYOU
This is masterful.