James Sallis





James Sallis

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in Helena, Montana, The United States
December 21, 1944

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James Sallis (born 21 December 1944 in Helena, Arkansas) is an American crime writer, poet and musician, best known for his series of novels featuring the character Lew Griffin and set in New Orleans.



Average rating: 3.74 · 7,204 ratings · 953 reviews · 67 distinct works · Similar authors
Drive
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 2,444 ratings — published 2005 — 30 editions
Driven
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 470 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions
Cypress Grove (Turner, #1)
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions
The Long-Legged Fly (Lew Gr...
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1992 — 15 editions
The Killer Is Dying: A Novel
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions
Cripple Creek (Turner, #2)
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions
Salt River (Turner, #3)
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
Moth (Lew Griffin, #2)
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1993 — 13 editions
Black Hornet (Lew Griffin, #3)
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1996 — 14 editions
Eye of the Cricket (Lew Gri...
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1997 — 15 editions
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“Maybe he should turn around. Go back and tell them that’s what life was, a long series of things that didn’t go down the way you thought they would.
Hell with it. Either they’d figure it out or they wouldn’t. Most people never did.”
James Sallis, Drive

“He existed a step or two to one side of the common world, largely out of sight, a shadow, all but invisible. Whatever he owned, either he could hoist it on his back and lug it along or he could walk away from it. Anonymity was the thing he loved most about the city, being a part of it and apart from it at the same time.”
James Sallis, Drive

“Mostly what you lose with time, in memory, is the specificity of things, their exact sequence. It all runs together, becomes a watery soup. Portmanteau days, imploded years. Like a bad actor, memory always goes for effect, abjuring motivation, consistency, good sense. ”
James Sallis, Black Hornet

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