NP - Treme

[Markekohut]

I have read a couple of Burke's books with the highest respect. He writes. (salvaging the bones 
Is not one of his but a novel set around Katrina--unnamed though.

but, let me ask a controversial question that I bet elicits lots of opinions and insights.

Edmund Wilson famously wrote that a mystery could NEVER---hard line of the argument--
Be GREAT literature, the greatest, because having to solve a crime meant the writer could
Not fold overarching themes from beginning to a coherent end.

say, like Gatsby's famous green light.....P's incredible tie-in ending (and even more than tie- in)
To GR.....perhaps AtD.....invisible Man's wonderful one.....etc.

Wm Empson had a word. Argufying. 




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On Sep 22, 2012, at 5:32 PM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not really sorry to say this, Mark and Keith and David, but the
> best novels James Lee Burke wrote are The Neon Rain and Black Cherry
> Blues. My personal favorite is A Morning for Flamingos, perhap
> because I edited the German translation. The rest is okay, but nowhere
> near as good as let's say Miami Blues or Killshot.
> 
> 2012/9/22 Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>:
>> I also recommend Salvaging The Bones. beautiful.

>> Sent from my iPa
>> On Sep 22, 2012, at g12PMg , Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:ons
>> 
>> Burke is great!
>> 
>> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 12:30 PM, David Casseres <casseres at mac.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Anyone read The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke?  It's set in New
>>> Orleans immediately after Katrina.  Pynchon fans might enjoy Burke; at least
>>> this one did.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 21, 2012, at 10:42 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> absolutely understandable. Katrina was national shame.
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:07 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Maybe they did lay that on too heavy, but remember the real history:
>>>>> New Orleans really was besieged physically and mentally.  The suicide
>>>>> rate in the year after Katrina shot through the roof.  Some said New
>>>>> Orleans got what they deserved by God's wrath.  Others said it should
>>>>> be bulldozed, not resurrected.  Reaction to all that was the heart of
>>>>> the Goodman character.  BTW, Goodman is now at least a part-time
>>>>> local.  He really does love New Orleans.
>>>>> 
>>>>> David Morris
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:58 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> In Treme's case, i have no beef with that except for the tendency at
>>>>>> least in the first season to constantly harp on the fact of how superior or
>>>>>> unique New Orleans is. Hey, I love the place, too. I just didnt need
>>>>>> reminding every 10 minutes ;)
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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