The command structure and communication system of NOPD had been destroyed by the storm. There was no higher command than ourselves. Helen had been worried she would have to give up command of her department to either NOPD or state or federal authorities. Dante couldn't have done better in describing the scene.įor those who do not like to brood upon the possibility of simian ancestry in the human gene pool or who genuinely believe that societal virtue grows from a collective impulse in the human breast, the events of the next few days would offer their sensibilities poor comfort. His tortured and introspective character, police officer Dave Robicheaux, goes into the Big Easy after the hurricane to help the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD). My son-in-law's father walked down the street to his friend Burke's house and asked him to autograph it to me as a Christmas gift.īurke has also written the first truly big American novel that revolves around Hurricane Katrina. One of my most valued possessions is a first edition of Purple Cane Road, one of his Dave Robicheaux novels. James Lee Burke is, in my humble opinion, the best living writer in America. The Tin Roof Blowdown, by James Lee Burke
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