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James Lee Burke's Robicheaux (2018) - "La is outdoor asylum"
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:21 pm
This paragraph is on page 200 of the hardcover version:
I've never read any of this series before, wife picked it up from the library for me. Guy doesn't have alot of great things to say about Louisiana in general, don't know what he bases his info on. Have yall read these?
I remember drive-thru daiquiri's back in Natchitoches in the early 80's but don't know about the rest of it as I haven't lived in La. for ages. Seems to me you can make those statements about most places in the US (except maybe Utah).
What do yall think?
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Drive-through daiquiri windows are open until two A.M. You can get plowed before you go to midnight Mass. Fans get wildly drunk at baseball games. If anyone tells you he is from New Orleans and doesn't drink, he's probably not from New Orleans. Louisiana is not a state; it's a outdoor mental asylum in which millions of people stay bombed most of their lives. That's not an exaggeration. Cirrhosis is a family heirloom.
I've never read any of this series before, wife picked it up from the library for me. Guy doesn't have alot of great things to say about Louisiana in general, don't know what he bases his info on. Have yall read these?
I remember drive-thru daiquiri's back in Natchitoches in the early 80's but don't know about the rest of it as I haven't lived in La. for ages. Seems to me you can make those statements about most places in the US (except maybe Utah).
What do yall think?
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Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:22 pm to chrome_daddy
Someone bashing Louisiana? I’m shocked.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:23 pm to Paul Allen
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Someone bashing Louisiana? I’m shocked.
I don't consider it bashing. I am proud we know how to have a good time. Go hang out in Kansas for a week and tell me you don't want to eat a bullet.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:24 pm to chrome_daddy
They don’t even serve beer at LSU baseball games
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:25 pm to chrome_daddy
I've read several of his books and thought they were entertaining. The one where he talks about the German U-boat in the Gulf resurfacing every now and then was pretty good. He's from Louisiana so I never took anything bad he had to say as bashing.
This is clearly an exaggeration but drive-thru daiquiri stands are in fact a thing. Apparently, if you don't put the straw in the drink, it's not an open container.
This is clearly an exaggeration but drive-thru daiquiri stands are in fact a thing. Apparently, if you don't put the straw in the drink, it's not an open container.
This post was edited on 5/7/18 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:25 pm to TheIndulger
Yes they do. Just not to the Poors in the regular seats.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:30 pm to MountainTiger
2 baws from down the bayou bombed one near last island
Dont mess with someones trout spot.
Dont mess with someones trout spot.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:32 pm to TheIndulger
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They don’t even serve beer at LSU baseball games
They do at Tulane games though
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:33 pm to chrome_daddy
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I haven't lived in La. for ages.
Most of us with ambition haven't due to the exaggerated, but not far off target, text you quoted.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:34 pm to jbgleason
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Yes they do. Just not to the Poors in the regular seats
Fair enough. But the vast majority of people aren’t getting wildly drunk
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:36 pm to chrome_daddy
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I remember drive-thru daiquiri's back in Natchitoches in the early 80's but don't know about the rest of it as I haven't lived in La
I live about 4 miles from a drive thru daiquiri shop..
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:40 pm to chrome_daddy
I’ve read 4 of that series and really enjoyed them. Heavens prisoners (Alec Baldwin, Teri Hatcher), and in the electric mist (with confederate dead) were made into movies. Enjoyed the former, the latter was meh.
Burke grew up in south Louisiana/Texas somewhere west of Lafayette, and lives in Montana now, which is why a lot of information on the robicheaux series are based in these places.
Robicheaux is a retired detective, alcoholic, divorced and widowed. I think the comment in the perspective of someone who hates himself and the world in general makes sense, and is not necessarily a knock.
Burke grew up in south Louisiana/Texas somewhere west of Lafayette, and lives in Montana now, which is why a lot of information on the robicheaux series are based in these places.
Robicheaux is a retired detective, alcoholic, divorced and widowed. I think the comment in the perspective of someone who hates himself and the world in general makes sense, and is not necessarily a knock.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:42 pm to chrome_daddy
Dude sounds like a massive pussy.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:56 pm to pngtiger
He used to live in the Berry on the Teche. I thought he maintained a house in Montana and the berry.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 6:01 pm to pngtiger
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someone who hates himself and the world in general makes sense
Don’t know about this, but the Robichaux character is also a recovering alcoholic, so the slam on boozing might be in character.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 6:06 pm to chrome_daddy
Burke uses this phrase in many of his novels.
I've read and listened to all of the Robicheaux novels many times.
I highly recommend the ones narrated by Will Patton. They are very entertaining.
I've read and listened to all of the Robicheaux novels many times.
I highly recommend the ones narrated by Will Patton. They are very entertaining.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 6:11 pm to chrome_daddy
I grew up around New Orleans and I don't really drink
Posted on 5/7/18 at 6:50 pm to Placebeaux
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I grew up around New Orleans and I don't really drink
So only a quart daily?
Posted on 5/7/18 at 7:02 pm to chrome_daddy
quote:That's awful, and we have a book board.
Drive-through daiquiri windows are open until two A.M. You can get plowed before you go to midnight Mass. Fans get wildly drunk at baseball games. If anyone tells you he is from New Orleans and doesn't drink, he's probably not from New Orleans. Louisiana is not a state; it's a outdoor mental asylum in which millions of people stay bombed most of their lives. That's not an exaggeration. Cirrhosis is a family heirloom.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 7:18 pm to pngtiger
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Heavens prisoners (Alec Baldwin
Terrible movie and Baldwin as Robicheaux was badly miscasted. Tommy Lee Jones made a much better Robicheaux.
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