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mvccd1000

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8. "Half of Paradise" by James Lee Burke

Mon Jul 2, 2012, 11:37 PM

Jul 2012

Found it on kindle, hadn't heard of it, so I had to try it. Turns out it was his debut novel in 1965, published while he was still in his 20s. While the ability of the prose to conjure up the haunting majesty of of the scenery is not yet up to the level of his later books, it's definitely vintage Burke, and so far (3/4 done), well worth the read.

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