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A private cathedral, James Lee Burke

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On his way to visit an inmate at a Texas prison who has promised him information, Detective Dave Robicheaux stops off at an amusement park to watch a teenaged Elvis-like rock-and-roller from his hometown of New Iberia named Johnny Shondell playing to a crowd of swooming young girls. One of them is another New Iberia teenager named Isolde Balangie. The Shondell and Balangie families are longtime rivals in the New Iberia criminal underworld. Yet Johnny and Isolde are in love. And like Romeo and Juliet, Johnny and Isolde are being kept apart by their families. In fact, Isolde tells Robicheaux, her parents have given her to the Shondell patriarch to be used as a sex slave. Seeking to uncover why, Robicheaux gets too close to both Isolde's mother and her father's mistress. As retribution, the elder Balangie orders a mysterious assassin to go after Robicheaux and his longtime partner, Clete Purcell. Yet this is unlike any hitman Robicheaux has ever faced: he has the ability induce hallucinations and might be a time-traveling reptilian
Language
eng
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Extent
370 pages
Isbn
9781982151683
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A private cathedral
Title
A private cathedral
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James Lee Burke
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
On his way to visit an inmate at a Texas prison who has promised him information, Detective Dave Robicheaux stops off at an amusement park to watch a teenaged Elvis-like rock-and-roller from his hometown of New Iberia named Johnny Shondell playing to a crowd of swooming young girls. One of them is another New Iberia teenager named Isolde Balangie. The Shondell and Balangie families are longtime rivals in the New Iberia criminal underworld. Yet Johnny and Isolde are in love. And like Romeo and Juliet, Johnny and Isolde are being kept apart by their families. In fact, Isolde tells Robicheaux, her parents have given her to the Shondell patriarch to be used as a sex slave. Seeking to uncover why, Robicheaux gets too close to both Isolde's mother and her father's mistress. As retribution, the elder Balangie orders a mysterious assassin to go after Robicheaux and his longtime partner, Clete Purcell. Yet this is unlike any hitman Robicheaux has ever faced: he has the ability induce hallucinations and might be a time-traveling reptilian
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1936-
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Burke, James Lee
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no index present
Literary form
fiction
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Dave Robicheaux novel
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  • Robicheaux, Dave
  • Police
  • Time travel
  • Assassins
  • Vendetta
  • Mafia
  • Organized crime
  • New Iberia (La.)
Target audience
adult
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A private cathedral, James Lee Burke
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Publication
Control code
on1129724811
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
370 pages
Isbn
9781982151683
Lccn
2019058582
Label
A private cathedral, James Lee Burke
Publication
Control code
on1129724811
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
370 pages
Isbn
9781982151683
Lccn
2019058582

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