Bluebottle, James Sallis
Bluebottle, James Sallis
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Bluebottle
A Lew Griffin Mystery

Author: James Sallis

Narrator: G. Valmont Thomas

Unabridged: 4 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/16/2009


Synopsis

As Lew Griffin leaves a New Orleans music club with an older white woman he's just met, someone fires a shot and Lew goes down. When he comes to, Griffin discovers that most of a year has gone by since that night. What happened? Who was the woman? Which of them was the target? Who was the sniper? There are too many pieces missing, too few facts, and a powerful need to know why a year has been stolen from his life. Weaving Griffin's search for identityone of the recurring themes in this magnificent serieswith a sensuous portrait of the people and places the define New Orleans, Sallis continues not only to unravel Griffin's past but to map his futureand our own. Bluebottle continues the mysterious journey begun in The LongLegged Fly and demonstrates the growing mastery of one of America's finest crime fiction stylists.

About James Sallis

James Sallis has published more than a dozen novels, several books of musicology, multiple collections of short stories, poems, and essays, and more. His works have been short-listed for the Anthony, Nebula, Edgar, Shamus, and Gold Dagger awards. Sallis is best known for his novel Drive, which was made into an award-winning motion picture.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Richard on January 11, 2016

That's what we're here for, Griffin. To bear witness, to take notice. Ever doubt that, you just look into a child's eyes.When jumping into a book by James Sallis, especially the ones in the Lew Griffin series, I've learned not to expect that he'll be interested in focusing very much on p......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on August 06, 2008

James Sallis writes mysteries that refuse to be constrained by the genre. He writes what Mystery News has referred to as existential mystery. I’d be hard-pressed to tell you what existential mystery is, except that, in this case, it is Lew Griffin, a black private investigator in pre-Katrina New Orl......more

Goodreads review by Tanuj on April 01, 2021

I believe it is Sallis's appreciation of Derek Raymond's novels that makes him employ the novel-within-a-novel trope in a way that bears more than a little resemblance to the English writer's first novel in the Factory Series, He Died With His Eyes Open.......more

Goodreads review by Johnny on May 07, 2011

I don't know when it happened, but it's becoming quickly obvious that the Lew Griffin books are all one giant novel. It's not that they do not stand on their own, they do. But together, they create a stunning portrait of a man and his world. As expected, BLUEBOTTLE is beautifully written with insight......more

Goodreads review by Gregory on July 16, 2024

The book is the fourth one in the Lew Griffin series. This is a fascinating series because it does not follow any specific genre. The stories are well written and will capture your attention. Lew Griffin has many hats. He is an author, "debt" collector, private investigator, and whatever he needs to......more