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After two years behind Bars at Louisiana’s Angola State Penitentiary for manslaughter, Iry Paret, a war veteran and blues singer, leaves prison to help run a ranch in Montana owned by his friend’s father, Buddy Riordan. In the desert state's quiet setting, Iry must finish the unfinished song he began in prison—"The Lost Get‑Back Boogie"—as the family’s hidden troubles unravel, forcing him to confront both the past and the price of redemption.
First publish date: 1986
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: James Lee Burke
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