Harbor lights

Lee, Burke, James

£9.99

A story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, 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. With his nuanced characters, lyrical prose, and ability to write shocking violence in the most evocative settings, James Lee Burke’s singular skills are on display in this anthology.

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Publish Date: 27/06/2024

Description

A story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella.

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These eight stories move between the marshlands of the Gulf of Mexico, the sweeping plains of Colorado, and the prisons, saloons, and trailer parks of the South, weaving together quiet acts of love and survival with shocking eruptions of violence and revenge.

Harbor Lights is populated with unforgettable characters, unfolds in lyrical prose, and displays James Lee Burke’s singular skills in this masterful anthology.

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PRAISE FOR JAMES LEE BURKE, THE AWARD-WINNING KING OF SOUTHERN NOIR:

‘James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed’ Michael Connelly

‘A gorgeous prose stylist’ Stephen King

‘No argument: James Lee Burke is among the finest of all contemporary American novelists’ Daily Mail

‘The greatest crime writer currently at work’ Spectator

‘The reigning champ of nostalgia noir’ New York Times

‘Masterly’ Sunday Telegraph

Additional information

Weight 260 g
Dimensions 196 × 128 × 30 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

359

Language

English

Edition

Short stories

Dewey

813.54 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K