Books
August, 2000
I REMEMBER MAMAWhy is The Sopranos such a hit? It's the opposite of Friends. It shows a man struggling with real issues of manhood--unresolved demons of family and past. Such concerns are as rare in literature as they are on television, which may explain the fascination we have with Dave Robicheaux, the former New Orleans homicide detective turned smalltown cop and bait shop owner. In Edgar Award winner James Lee Burke's Purple Cane Road (Doubleday), Robicheaux is haunted by a failure of nerve....
