Eye of the Cricket, James Sallis
Eye of the Cricket, James Sallis
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Eye of the Cricket
A Lew Griffin Mystery

Author: James Sallis

Narrator: G. Valmont Thomas

Unabridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/31/2009

Synopsis

Lew Griffin is a survivor, a black man in New Orleans, a detective, a teacher, a writer. Having spent years finding others, he has lost his sonand himselfin the process. Now, a derelict has appeared in a New Orleans hospital claiming to be Lewis Griffin and displaying a copy of one of Lew's novels. It is the beginning of a quest that will take Griffin into his own past while he tries to deal in the present with a search for three missing young men. Somewhere in the underbelly of the Crescent City, there are answers and more questions; there are threats and the promise of salvation; and there is a dangerous descent into the alcoholic haze that marked Griffins younger days, as well as the possibility of rising from it redeemed.

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

AudiobooksNow review by JoAnne on 2012-09-17 04:03:05

Sorry to say that this is the first book I have gotten from Booksfree.com that is going back unread. Couldnt get past the first couple of pages.

Goodreads review by Richard

James Sallis's books are usually pretty short so you'd think I would be blazing through them. But they're so densely written and realized that it forces you to take your time while reading. This one is probably the densest of the existential Lew Griffin detective series so far. In this, the 4th book......more

Goodreads review by Tyler

Of Sallis' books (at least those in the Lew Griffin series), this has to be the most beautiful (thus far). From the onset, I've considered his writing to be a unique brand of detective fiction. After reading Eye of the Cricket and experiencing its extreme departure from the conventions of crime nove......more

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