On 2009-09-21 Ohng, wrote: Basically the bad guys have it in for an indian war-hero, shaman, mystic, drunk, sometime reservation rabble-rouser and a whole bunch of other people get pulled into the action. Motivations are never clear, if they had ignored the indian nothing would have happened, maybe they just didn´t like indians. This might be a study in post-traumatic stress disorder in its various forms. Hostility, irrationality, paranoia prevail. All these characters bounce off each other, some get killed, and eventually the book is over. Just about everybody is real tough but nobody seems capable of any type of rational thinking. God forbid they should communicate with any clarity. Lots of bs philosophizing by the hero who gets to lovingly relate his violent past while feeling guilty about it(his only violent action is laughable but presented in heroic terms). Mysticism galore of the indian, Christian, and other varieties. Dreams abound and ghosts appear. The future is foretold.
Never read Burke before, maybe I will in future. My problem is that he introduces potentially interesting characters (the indian, the circus clown, the cop) but cannot seem to handle them thereafter. . And summed up by saying Can he see the future?. Currently In the Moon of Red Ponies : A Novel (Burke, James Lee) has an overall rating of 6 over 10.
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claimed ´James Lee Burke tells a story in a style all his own, in language that´s alive, electric. He´s a master at setting mood, laying in atmosphere, all with quirky dialogue that´s a delight.´ -- Elmore Leonard In James Lee Burke´s last novel featuring Billy Bob Holland, Bitterroot, the former Texas Ranger left his home state to help a friend threatened by the most dangerous sociopath Billy Bob had ever faced. After vanquishing a truly iniquitous collection of violent individuals, Billy moved his family to west Montana and hung out a shingle for his law practice. But in In the Moon of Red Ponies, he discovers that jail cells have revolving doors and that the government he had sworn to serve may have become his enemy. His first client in Missoula is Johnny American Horse, a young activist for land preservation and the rights of Native Americans. Johnny is charged with the murder of two mysterious men -- who seem to have recently tried to kill Johnny themselves, or at least scare him off his political causes. As Billy Bob investigates, he discovers a web of intrigue surrounding the case and its players: Johnny´s girlfriend, Amber Finley, as reckless as she is defiant -- and the daughter of one of Montana´s U.S. senators; Darrel McComb, a Missoula police detective who is obsessed with Amber; and Seth Masterson, an enigmatic government agent whose presence in town makes Billy Bob wonder why Washington has become so concerned with an obscure murder case on the fringes of the Bitterroot Mountains. As complications mount and the dead bodies multiply, Billy Bob is drawn closer to the truth behind Johnny American Horse´s arrest -- and discovers a greater danger to himself and to his whole family. How Billy Bob strikes back at evil and protects his kin is the masterful triumph of In the Moon of Red Ponies. Beautifully written, with an intriguing plot and characters whose conflicts seem as real as life itself, this novel shows James Lee Burke again in the top form that has made him a critical favorite and a national bestseller.
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