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The Convict and Other Stories

By: James Lee Burke
Narrated by: Steven Boyer,Louis Moreno,Richard Poe,Ed Sala,T. Ryder Smith,Tom Stechschulte,Henry Strozier
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Publisher's summary

The collection no crime fiction fan should be without – the essential short stories of James Lee Burke

"America's best novelist" (The Denver Post), two-time Edgar Award winner James Lee Burke is renowned for his lush, suspense-charged portrayals of the Deep South – the people, the crime, the hope and despair infused in the bayou landscape. This stunning anthology takes us back to where Burke's heart and soul beat -- the steamy, seamy Gulf Coast -- in complex and fascinating tales that crackle with violence and menace, meshing his flair for gripping storytelling with his urbane writing style.

©2012 James Lee Burke (P)2012 Simon and Schuster

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Haven't read a a Jee Burke I didn't like

reconized a few things shortly used in other books, but this man can tell a story and take me to New Orleans just by opening his book. Where ever he describes that is where I am at. Can't waiit for next book.

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liked this

well read and masterfully written.i enjoy James Lee Burke's style of writing. I enjoy his books.

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I like the full novels better.

What did you like best about The Convict and Other Stories? What did you like least?

I like the full JLB novels better. The short stories were harder to follow. My bookmark was not working well on this audio and kept jumping around.
EXCEPTION: the story "Hack" made me cry. My 94 year old dad recently passed.

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Didn't finish

Found this to be earlier work, not readable compared with Burke's mature work.Stopped reading after trying three stories and switched to Going After Cacciato, which is terrific. Liked a couple of Burke's more recent works, but can't read them too closely together or I fine a sameness in them.

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Boring

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

No sense of a real story, just a collections of thoughts, to make this a 4 or 5 star it would need to be rewritten.

Has The Convict and Other Stories turned you off from other books in this genre?

I love James Burke but this was really bad. I will still buy his books but not if they are not part of a series.

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The narration was fine, not great, but not bad.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Not that I could fine, I tried listening to most of the stories but found it hard to get through any of them. I kept hoping the next story would be better but did not find this to be the case.

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