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Article: Bitterroot.(Book Review)(Audiobook Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
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- Kliatt
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- September 1, 2002
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James Lee Burke. 2001. Read by Tom Stechschulte 9 tapes. 11.75 hrs. Recorded Books #96790. 0-7887-9471-x. $80.00. Vinyl; plot, reader notes. SA *
This is the best yet of Burke's Billy Bob Holland series. His odyssey starts innocently enough, when Billy Bob, lawyer and ex-Texas Ranger, accepts an invitation from old friend Doc Voss to spend some time fly-fishing and relaxing in the outdoorsman's paradise that is Bitterroot Valley, Montana. Holland sets out "with the foolish hope that somehow my own ghosts did not cross state lines." One of those ghosts turns out to be all too real: a sociopath rodeo clown whose sister the attorney helped send to prison. Friend ...
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Article: NEW FICTION. (book review)
The Daily Mail (London, England);
August 31, 2001 ;
700+ words
... ... companies are polluting the rivers with cyanide in pursuit of gold, and caught in the middle of it all is Burke's hero, Billy Bob Holland. The former Texas Ranger turned attorney finds himself defending his friend and Vietnam veteran Doc Voss against a ...
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