Pegasus Descending: A Dave Robicheaux Novel

What a great read - gonna go back to the library and get another JLB

Made me miss home

Apart from James Lee Burke's first novel, which was a bit lumbering and obvious, I really enjoy the Dave Robicheaux stories. They're full, rounded, with excellent characterisation. I especially enjoy the close relationships Dave has with Helen Soileau, Bootsie and Molly (successive wives), Batiste at the bait shop and, of course, Clete Purcel. Dave and Clete have become like old friends...more

Apart from James Lee Burke's first novel, which was a bit lumbering and obvious, I really enjoy the Dave Robicheaux stories. They're full, rounded, with excellent characterisation. I especially enjoy the close relationships Dave has with Helen Soileau, Bootsie and Molly (successive wives), Batiste at the bait shop and, of course, Clete Purcel. Dave and Clete have become like old friends of mine, they fall out, try to run each other's lives, create their own forms of mayhem and chaos, love each other and increasingly, through successive books, develop a subtle humour - I find myself grinning. Both Dave and Clete are deeply flawed characters and, although I'm not sure I'd have the patience of their respective loved ones, their frailties make them far more interesting, and unlike many writers, James Lee Burke is prepared to show them failing - in small day to day exchanges with ordinary people as well as the plot driving exchanges with whichever set of villains are causing havoc.   hide

I'm "reading" this through the Audible recorded books version. Wil Patton does the narration. This series is a lot of fun.

So-so book - sort of predictable.

James Lee Burke is one of my favorite authors, and I think I have read almost all of his books. If you haven't tried him, I suggest you go for it and start with "Tin Roof Blowdown".