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The Jealous Kind
'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ a great American novelist whose work taken individually or as a whole is unsurpassed' Michael ConnellyOn its surface life in Houston is as you would expect drive-in restaurants souped-up cars jukeboxes teenagers discovering their sexuality But beneath the glitz and superficial normalcy a class war has begun and it is nothing like the conventional portrayal of the decade Against this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first love and a world of violence he did not know existedWhen Aaron spots the beautiful and gifted Valerie Epstein fighting with her boyfriend Grady Harrelson at a Galveston drive-in he inadvertently challenges the power of the Mob and one of the richest families in Texas He also discovers he must find the
courage his father had found as an American soldier in the Great WarWritten in evocative prose The Jealous Kind may prove to be James Lee Burke's most encompassing work yet As Aaron undergoes his harrowing evolution from boy to man we can't help but recall the inspirational and curative power of first love and how far we would go to protect it
courage his father had found as an American soldier in the Great WarWritten in evocative prose The Jealous Kind may prove to be James Lee Burke's most encompassing work yet As Aaron undergoes his harrowing evolution from boy to man we can't help but recall the inspirational and curative power of first love and how far we would go to protect it
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