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Zusatztext "The master storyteller continues the six-title “Holland Family” series with this visceral coming-of-age set in 1950s Texas. Wealth and privilege clash with poverty and ignorance as young Aaron Broussard finds first love! confronts his foes and saves a friend. This being Burke! the mob lurks in the background. He is best known for his 20-title Dave Robicheaux thriller series! yet his body of work has transcended genre to become what critics and academicians regard as literature." —Sacramento Bee Zusammenfassung From New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke—an atmospheric! coming-of-age story set in 1952 Texas! as the Korea War rages. On its surface! life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants! souped-up cars! jukeboxes! teenagers discovering their sexuality. But beneath the glitz and superficial normalcy! a class war has begun! and it is nothing like the conventional portrayal of the decade. Against this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first love and a world of violence he did not know existed. When Aaron spots the beautiful and gifted Valerie Epstein fighting with her boyfriend! Grady Harrelson! at a Galveston drive-in! he inadvertently challenges the power of the Mob and one of the richest families in Texas. He also discovers he must find the courage his father had found as an American soldier in the Great War. Written in evocative prose! The Jealous Kind may prove to be James Lee Burke’s most encompassing work yet. As Aaron undergoes his harrowing evolution from boy to man! we can’t help but recall the inspirational and curative power of first love and how far we would go to protect it. Informationen zum Autor James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author! two-time winner of the Edgar Award! and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. He’s authored thirty-eight novels and two short story collections. He lives in Missoula! Montana. ...
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James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction. He’s authored thirty-nine novels and two short story collections. He lives in Missoula, Montana.
