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Summary: Fifth Griffin mystery is simply great
Review: New Orleans resident Lew Griffin awakens from an almost year-long coma caused by a gunshot wounds head. He remembers nothing about the incident, but quickly learns that he had been leaving a club accompanied by an older white woman when he was shot. Lew does not recall the incident, his healing in the past year, let alone the identity of the woman. Lew needs to know who wanted him dead and why. With the help of his friend Don Walsh, he begins to investigate who the white woman is, who was the sniper, and why did they target him? While seeking the truth, Lew also searches for a missing writer, who was looking into a white supremacist group. The fifth Griffin mystery, BLUEBOTTLE, is a fantastic tale that is highlighted by James Sallis literary and exciting prose. Lew tells his story ashe deles into his own past providing insight into his life. The who-done-it is fabulous as expected by the great Mr. Sallis, who deserves reader recognition. This series is one of the best on the market. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Not very good.
Review: Bluebottle takes place in New Orleans, circa 1975. The main character is Lew Griffin, an African-American PI with an eclectic literary taste. Griffin is shot by an unknown sniper as he exits a bar one evening. He survives but the recovery process takes nearly a year. A year during which he is handicapped by blindness and a loss of sense of time.
This novel is first and foremost a study of Lew Griffin the human being. It examines his relationships with others as well as how his early experiences have influenced his present attitudes and behavior. The mystery or crime aspect of the novel is a secondary consideration. Sallis sparingly drizzles in information about Griffin's shooting, including how organized crime and a white supremist group may be involved.
The frequent use of obscure literary references is overdone. If you are able to understand all of them, then you, my friend, need to get out of the house more.
Quite frankly, I found this book disjointed and hard to follow. I didn't enjoy it.
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Summary: Not very good.
Review: Bluebottle takes place in New Orleans, circa 1975. The main character is Lew Griffin, an African-American PI with an eclectic literary taste. Griffin is shot by an unknown sniper as he exits a bar one evening. He survives but the recovery process takes nearly a year. A year during which he is handicapped by blindness and a loss of sense of time.
This novel is first and foremost a study of Lew Griffin the human being. It examines his relationships with others as well as how his early experiences have influenced his present attitudes and behavior. The mystery or crime aspect of the novel is a secondary consideration. Sallis sparingly drizzles in information about Griffin's shooting, including how organized crime and a white supremist group may be involved.
The frequent use of obscure literary references is overdone. If you are able to understand all of them, then you, my friend, need to get out of the house more.
Quite frankly, I found this book disjointed and hard to follow. I didn't enjoy it.
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Summary: What did I miss?
Review: It came highly recommended by a local bookshop so I was really looking forward to getting started. Unexpectedly, I was very quickly put off, amongst other things, by the jarring, clever-clever literary references that seemed more to be to do with an ego-trip for the author than anything that added to the story. Confused, I gave up after just twenty pages.
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