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The neon rain : Dave Robicheaux  Cover Image Book Book

The neon rain : Dave Robicheaux / James Lee Burke.

Summary:

New Orleans homicide cop Dave Robicheaux has a passion for fishing. While pursuing his hobby on a back country bayou, Robicheaux finds a body. His discovery pulls him into a network of small-time Mafiosi, Nicaraguan drug dealers, federal Treasury agents and retired two-star generals, all involved in a plot to ship arms to the Nicaraguan contras. More interesting than the unraveling of this plot is Robicheaux himself-Cajun, recovering alcoholic, practicing Catholic--and his efforts to preserve his integrity in the face of provocation. Better still are Burke's evocative descriptions of New Orleans life both high and low. The book is marred slightly by a resemblance to the Travis McGee series--Robicheaux lives on a houseboat and has a penchant for color-laden metaphor. But Neon Rain is a well-crafted novel with a likable hero.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0805000534
  • ISBN: 9780805000535
  • ISBN: 0743449207
  • ISBN: 9780743449205
  • Physical Description: 248 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : H. Holt, c1987.
Subject: Robicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Private investigators > Louisiana > New Iberia > Fiction.
Louisiana > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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scottsboropl F Bur 32269000979644 Adult - Fiction Available -

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0500 . ‡aPS3552.U723 ‡bN4 1987
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1001 . ‡aBurke, James Lee, ‡d1936-:eauthor
24514. ‡aThe neon rain : ‡bDave Robicheaux / ‡cJames Lee Burke.
250 . ‡a1st edition
260 . ‡aNew York : ‡bH. Holt, ‡cc1987.
300 . ‡a248 pages ; ‡c22 cm
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
490 0. ‡aDave Robicheaux : ‡vBk 1
520 . ‡aNew Orleans homicide cop Dave Robicheaux has a passion for fishing. While pursuing his hobby on a back country bayou, Robicheaux finds a body. His discovery pulls him into a network of small-time Mafiosi, Nicaraguan drug dealers, federal Treasury agents and retired two-star generals, all involved in a plot to ship arms to the Nicaraguan contras. More interesting than the unraveling of this plot is Robicheaux himself-Cajun, recovering alcoholic, practicing Catholic--and his efforts to preserve his integrity in the face of provocation. Better still are Burke's evocative descriptions of New Orleans life both high and low. The book is marred slightly by a resemblance to the Travis McGee series--Robicheaux lives on a houseboat and has a penchant for color-laden metaphor. But Neon Rain is a well-crafted novel with a likable hero.
650 0. ‡aRobicheaux, Dave (Fictitious character) ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aPrivate investigators ‡zLouisiana ‡zNew Iberia ‡vFiction.
651 0. ‡aLouisiana ‡vFiction.
655 7. ‡aDetective and mystery fiction. ‡2lcgft
800 0. ‡aDave Robicheaux : ‡vBk 1
901 . ‡a122278 ‡bUnknown ‡c122278 ‡tbiblio

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