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Book Reviews of The Convict and Other Stories

The Convict and Other Stories
The Convict and Other Stories
Author: James Lee Burke
ISBN-13: 9780786889655
ISBN-10: 0786889659
Publication Date: 8/1/2000
Pages: 144
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Hyperion
Book Type: Paperback
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ChokolatteJedi avatar reviewed The Convict and Other Stories on + 39 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This collection of stories about strong southern men was a fascinating insight into so many lives. The men who encounter these moral dilemmas or life-altering events approach them in individual ways, but the stories still speak to everyone, and they posses enough individuality to make each story entirely different.

Ranging in ages from young boys still formulating their own opinions about the world, to men on the verge of death, remembering their own discoveries, each character is well developed and interesting.

I particularly enjoyed the pilot's own form of revenge against his wife's lover, and the young boys who watched their uncle and father make choices about right or wrong.