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Book Review of Purple Cane Road

Purple Cane Road
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The descriptions of the Louisiana settings, both in New Orleans and the bayou, make you feel as if you are there, but the descriptions of what happens there might make you glad to be far away! The Dave Robicheaux mysteries get deep into the main character's psyche, and also into local politics and history. The lines between good and evil are not so clearly drawn, and hardly anybody in these books follows any rules!