James Lee Burke: Harbor Lights (USA 2024)

From the Publisher:
Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado to prisons, saloons, and trailer parks across the South, weaving together love, friendship, violence, survival, and revenge

A boy and his father watch a German submarine sink an oil tanker as evil forces in the disguise of federal agents try to ruin their family. A girl is beaten up outside a bar as her university-professor father navigates new love and threats from a group of neo-Nazis. A pair of undercover union organizers are hired to break colts for a Hollywood actor, whose "Western hero" façade hides darkness. An oil rig worker witnesses a horrific attack on a local village while on a job in South America and seeks justice through one final act of bravery.

With his nuanced characters, lyrical prose, and ability to write shocking violence in the most evocative settings, James Lee Burke's singular skills are on display in this superb anthology. Harbor Lights unfolds in stories that crackle and reverberate as unexpected heroes emerge.

James Lee Burke: Harbor Lights. Stories. Grove Paperback, ISBN: 9780802163912 (December, 2024), 368 p., $18.00.

James Lee Burke: Harbor Lights (UK 2024)

From the Publisher:
A captivating story collection from one of the most widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never before-published novella.
These eight stories move between the marshlands of the Gulfof Mexico the sweeping plains of Colorado, and the prisons, saloons, and trailer parks of the South, weaving together quiet acts of love and survival with shocking eruptions of violence and revenge.

Harbor Lights is populated with unforgettable characters, unfolds in lyrical prose, and displays James Lee Burke's singular skills in this masterful anthology.

James Lee Burke: Harbor Lights. Stories. Orion Books, ISBN: 9781409199526 (June, 2024), 359 p., £9.99.

James Lee Burke: Harbor Lights (UK 2024)

From the Publisher:
A dynamic, captivating story collection from one of the most widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella.
These eight stories move between the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico, the sweeping plains of Colorado, and the prisons, saloons, and trailer parks of the South, weaving together quiet acts of love and survival, and shocking ‘eruptions of violence and revenge.

Troubled, unexpected heroes emerge: a father and son who watch violence erupt on peaceful waters. Two union organizers who find darkness behind a Hollywood actor's heroic image. An oil worker who witnesses a horrific attack on a South American village and seeks justice through one final act of bravery.

With his nuanced characters, lyrical prose and evocative settings, James Lee Burke's singular skills are on display in this superb anthology. Harbor Lights unfolds in stories that crackle with energy and the ever-present threat of violence.

James Lee Burke: Harbor Lights. Stories. Orion Books, ISBN: 9781409199502 (January, 2024), 359 p., £22.00, eBook £9.99.

James Lee Burke: Harbor Lights (USA 2024)

From the Publisher:
Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado to prisons, saloons, and trailer parks across the South, weaving together love, friendship, violence, survival, and revenge

A boy and his father watch a German submarine sink an oil tanker as evil forces in the disguise of federal agents try to ruin their family. A girl is beaten up outside a bar as her university-professor father navigates new love and threats from a group of neo-Nazis. A pair of undercover union organizers are hired to break colts for a Hollywood actor, whose "Western hero" façade hides darkness. An oil rig worker witnesses a horrific attack on a local village while on a job in South America and seeks justice through one final act of bravery.

With his nuanced characters, lyrical prose, and ability to write shocking violence in the most evocative settings, James Lee Burke's singular skills are on display in this superb anthology. Harbor Lights unfolds in stories that crackle and reverberate as unexpected heroes emerge.

James Lee Burke: Harbor Lights. Stories. Atlantic Monthly Press, ISBN: 9780802160966 (January, 2024), 358 p., $27.00, eBook $27.00.