James Sallis





James Sallis

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

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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: 3.70 · 2,975 ratings · 562 reviews · 68 distinct works
Drive
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 1,206 ratings — published 2005 — 23 editions
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The Long-Legged Fly (Lew Gr...
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1992 — 11 editions
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Cypress Grove (Turner, #1)
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions
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Driven
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions
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Cripple Creek (Turner, #2)
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions
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The Killer Is Dying: A Novel
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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Salt River (Turner, #3)
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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Moth (Lew Griffin, #2)
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions
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Black Hornet (Lew Griffin, #3)
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions
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Eye of the Cricket (Lew Gri...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1997 — 12 editions
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More books by James Sallis…
Drive Driven
Drive (2 books)
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3.550802139037433 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 1,309 ratings
The Long-Legged Fly Moth Black Hornet Eye of the Cricket Bluebottle Ghost of a Flea
Lew Griffin (6 books)
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3.989873417721519 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 395 ratings
Cypress Grove Cripple Creek Salt River
Turner (3 books)
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3.753086419753086 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 324 ratings

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“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

“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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