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Dave Robicheaux, a detective in the New Iberia, Louisiana, Sheriff's Office, becomes embroiled in a new investigation into the twenty-eight-year-old murder of a famed NAACP leader, when the man convicted of the crime asks him to prove his innocence. Read by Will Patton.

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When former Klansman and piney-woods outcast Aaron Crown is finally imprisoned for a decades-old murder, it is to Detective Dave Robicheaux that he proclaims his innocence loudest. Crown seems to be a lightning rod for every kind of trouble that the state of Louisiana can unearth. A documentary film writer seeking to prove Crown's innocence is found murdered; a button man for the New Orleans mob accuses Robicheaux of taking a pay-off to ignore Crown.

But it is when Buford LaRose -- scion of an old Southern family and author of a book on the Crown case -- is elected governor that Dave Robicheaux's involvement with Aaron Crown deepens to a level he can barely fathom. And it is Buford's social-climbing wife, Karyn, with whom Robicheaux had an affair years before, who proves to be his most poisonous adversary.

Filled with thrilling adventure, lightning-paced action, and street smart realism, Cadillac Jukebox is a brilliant addition to Burke's standout Dave Robicheaux series.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 Swamp Cajun action!, Jui 19 2004

Par	Wolfe Moffat (Franklinville, NY) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Cadillac Jukebox (Mass Market Paperback)

Well, this was my first Burke book, and to say the least, it probably won't be my last. I was introduced to Detective Dave Robicheaux for the first time, and I enjoyed it. In this mystery you find that the question is about Aaron Crown, and why so many people want him dead. Join Dave as well as Clete Purcel as he squares off with Budford and Karen LaRose, tries to find out information about Mookie Zerrang!

So sit back, relax and enjoy some crawfish and something cold to drink along with this book as you read some swampy Cajun action all around the bayou! Makes an interesting read, and leaves you wanting to read more by James Lee Burke! Well done, noble mon.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 word candy for crackers, Avril 25 2004

Par	Gary Lehmann (Penfield, NY USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Cadillac Jukebox (Mass Market Paperback)

James Lee Burke's Cadillac Jukebox is a fine piece of suspense fiction, but it trades on rough language and violent situations. It is a sort of word candy for crackers, because it portrays Southern macho men the way they would like to think about themselves. In some ways it reminds me of the old John D. MacDonald mystery novels of the 1980s or Sam Spade. The language in Burke's novel is colorful, the characters are rich in local color, and the plot is totally blasted. I guess you don't need to bother yourself to read a novel if all you want is reality.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 Like a trip back to Louisiana., Juil 21 2003

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I spent my early adolescent years in southeastern Louisiana and have a lot of fond memories of this uniquely charming piece of America. Burke's Dave Robicheaux never fails to transport me back to the gumbo restaurant in a trailer, the trek through a Morgan City swamp that brought me awfully close to an alligator, and Pete Fountain's jazz club at the Hilton. Simply put, Burke knows Louisiana and how to evoke it.

Cadillac Jukebox is overall a good read. It's basically a tale of the dark motives that drive people across the line from good to bad. Unfortunately, Burke let the story get too complicated. I wish I had made a chart of the characters as I read the book, because keeping track of who's who got confusing. The storyline also spreads out to the point that staying on top of it becomes a chore.

I thought the story got formulaic at points. The mythological symbolism in the fate of the husband-and-wife antagonists was over the top, like a classical bass drum roll at the end of a Warren Storm tune. But Burke didn't miss a beat with his characters. I was scared by Aaron Crown and Mookie Zerrang, I felt sympathy for Buford LaRose and enmity toward his wife, and I felt like I'd known Batist for a long time. Dave Robicheaux was as polite, resolute, and conflicted as ever.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Lovely imagery, but over-populated, muddled plot !
We can see why the readers from the Deep South, especially Louisiana, love James Lee Burke. His prose borders on poetry as he creates mind images for the readers that are close to... Read more

Publi� le Janv. 5 2003 par Gerald M. Bull

2.0�toiles sur 5 Half-Way Through, He Just Lost Me
I've heard such good things about Burke, so I was pretty enthusiastic about reading Cadillac Jukebox. But for all my enthusiasm, this book just didn't do it for me. Read more

Publi� le Ao� 15 2002 par Christine Doiron

3.0�toiles sur 5 Burke is all over the place; not up to his usual standards
Yes, James Lee Burke is a terrific wordsmith who can bring the Cajun backwoods and bayous alive for readers, but this particular work is quite simply, a sprawling, literary... Read more

Publi� le Mars 10 2001 par Douglas A. Greenberg

5.0�toiles sur 5 Dave is a charmer...
I have read just about everything James Lee Burke has written, but my favorite character by far is Dave Robicheaux. Read more

Publi� le F�v 2 2001 par C. Cronk