James Sallis

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born

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

gender

male

website

http://www.jamessallis.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Poetry

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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.

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Books by James Sallis

Average rating: 3.70 · 2,975 ratings · 562 reviews · 68 distinct works

	Drive 3.55 avg rating — 1,206 ratings — published 2005 — 23 editions	My rating:
	The Long-Legged Fly (Lew Griffin, #1) by James Sallis, Carol Lea Benjamin 3.78 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1992 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Cypress Grove (Turner, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Driven 3.61 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Cripple Creek (Turner, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Killer Is Dying: A Novel 3.46 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Salt River (Turner, #3) 3.76 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Moth (Lew Griffin, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Black Hornet (Lew Griffin, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Eye of the Cricket (Lew Griffin, #4) 4.00 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1997 — 12 editions	My rating:

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Series by James Sallis

Drive (2 books)
by James Sallis

3.55 avg rating — 1,309 ratings

Lew Griffin (6 books)
by James Sallis

3.99 avg rating — 395 ratings

Turner (3 books)
by James Sallis

3.75 avg rating — 324 ratings

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Quotes by James Sallis

“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

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“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

tags: memory , time

5 people liked it

“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

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