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A review by heyhawk
Lay Down My Sword And Shield by James Lee Burke
4.0
My third Burke novel, an earlier one.
Hackberry Holland, an alcoholic Korean War vet and candidate for office in Texas runs afoul of his family and of the establishment senator who is supporting him for office when he gets involved with a citrus picker's union strike.
Burke's prose does not follow Elmore Leonard's dictum to not "sound like writing" but he pulls it off. He has a real gift for description especially in regards to the places and landscapes through which his characters move.
Hackberry Holland, an alcoholic Korean War vet and candidate for office in Texas runs afoul of his family and of the establishment senator who is supporting him for office when he gets involved with a citrus picker's union strike.
Burke's prose does not follow Elmore Leonard's dictum to not "sound like writing" but he pulls it off. He has a real gift for description especially in regards to the places and landscapes through which his characters move.