Jolie Blon’s Bounce by James Lee Burke

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: James Lee Burke
• Title: Jolie Blon's Bounce (Dave Robicheaux Series)
• Publisher: ‎ Simon and Schuster
• Publication Date: January 1, 2002
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 349 pages
• ISBN-10: 0743204840
• ISBN-13: 978-0743204842
• Item Weight: 1.30 pounds
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good (minimal creasing on several bottom page edges)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Synopsis:

America's most acclaimed crime writer and winner of the 1998 CWA/Macallan Gold Dagger returns to Louisiana with his great detective, Dave Robicheaux Three men are present when Amanda Boudreau is raped and murdered, and small-time hustler Tee Bobby Hulin's prints are found at the crime scene. Dave Robicheaux reckons he's innocent, and Tee Bobby pleads so, then attempts suicide in his holding cell. Why? Tee Bobby is released on bail and soon after there is a second murder.

When lawyer Perry LaSalle takes on the defense of Tee Bobby, Dave knows his motives are fueled by guilt. For Tee Bobby's grandmother was seduced by Perry's grandfather, and Amanda Boudreau's death is related to events that happened long before Tee Bobby was born…

About the Author:

James Lee Burke is an American author best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series. He has twice received the Edgar Award for Best Novel, for Black Cherry Blues in 1990 and Cimarron Rose in 1998.

Burke was born in Houston, Texas, but grew up on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast. He attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the University of Missouri, receiving a BA and MA from the latter. He has worked at a wide variety of jobs over the years, including working in the oil industry, as a reporter, and as a social worker.

He was Writer in Residence at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, succeeding his good friend and posthumous Pulitzer Prize winner John Kennedy Toole, and preceding Ernest Gaines in the position. Shortly before his move to Montana, he taught for several years in the Creative Writing program at Wichita State University in the 1980s.

Burke and his wife, Pearl, split their time between Lolo, Montana, and New Iberia, Louisiana. Their daughter, Alafair Burke, is also a mystery novelist.

The book that has influenced his life the most is the 1929 family tragedy "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner.

Visit his websites at www.jamesleeburke.com and www.jamesleeburkebooks.com.