Jesus Out To Sea Collection

Stories

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Ron McLarty

INCLUDES THE STORY “WINTER LIGHT,” THE BASIS FOR THE FILM GOD’S COUNTRY STARRING THANDIWE NEWTON?

One of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists offers a selection of ten short stories centered around the devastation in Louisiana and Mississippi during and after Katrina.

In this moving collection of short stories, James Lee Burke elegantly marries his flair for gripping storytelling with his lyrical writing style and complex, fascinating character portraits. The backdrop of the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast is a versatile setting for Burke’s stories, which cover the scope of the human experience—from love and sex to domestic abuse to war, death, and friendship.©2007 James Lee Burke. All rights reserved; (P)2007 Simon and Schuster Inc. All rights reserved.

Change of Pace

If ever there was a JLB work that was made for Mark Hammer's narration, this was it!

As far as JLB fans, most I see/hear prefer Will Patton to Mark Hammer, but this collection was absolutely MADE for Hammer. I can't believe they missed the boat on this one!!

However, the reader was good and did not detract from the stories.

I prefer JLB novels to the short stories. The short stories just didn't have the punch I was expecting.

Overall, the collection was a nice change of pace and I recommend!

ok not one of Burke's best

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

At times the switch between stories was very abrupt

Has Jesus Out to Sea turned you off from other books in this genre?

not at all I love JLB However this particular book felt like a lot of rehash from other books. Having said that I have not read his non NOLA series and am now more interested in those

What didn’t you like about Ron McLarty’s performance?

Ron McLarty is perfect and definitely the voice of Dave Robicheaux

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

I felt somewhat disappointed when I discover several stories with strong links and at times identical to other written work. While the back stories went further than what was told in the novel it did not really contribute to my enjoyment of the novels