NP - Treme

[David Morris]

I value the judgement of cogni.


On Saturday, September 22, 2012, jochen stremmel 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, perhaps
> 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 <javascript:;>>:
> > I also recommend Salvaging The Bones. beautiful.
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Sep 22, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Burke is great!
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 12:30 PM, David Casseres <casseres at mac.com<javascript:;>>
> 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<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > absolutely understandable. Katrina was national shame.
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:07 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com<javascript:;>
> >
> >> > 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<javascript:;>>
> 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 ;)
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > www.innergroovemusic.com
>
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